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			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
482			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
483			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
484			erroneous and ignored.
485			Format: integer
486
487	bootconfig	[KNL]
488			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
489			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
490
491			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
492
493	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
494	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
495			kernel args too.
496	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
497	bttv.tuner=
498
499	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
500			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
501			at a time.
502
503	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
504
505	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
506			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
507			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
508			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
509			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
510			This option provides an override for these situations.
511
512	carrier_timeout=
513			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
514			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
515			it waits 120 seconds.
516
517	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
518			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
519			trust validation.
520			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
521
522	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
523			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
524			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
525			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
526			others).
527
528	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
529			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
530
531	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
532			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
533			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
534			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
535			  a single hierarchy
536			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
537			  subsystem
538			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
539			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
540			  created
541			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
542			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
543			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
544			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
545			stall information accounting feature
546
547	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
548			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
549			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
550			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
551			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
552			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
553			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
554			all v1 hierarchies.
555
556	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
557			Format: <string>
558			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
559			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
560			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
561
562	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
563			Format: { "0" | "1" }
564			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
565			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
566				any implied execute protection).
567			1 -- check protection requested by application.
568			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
569			Value can be changed at runtime via
570				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
571			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
572
573	cio_ignore=	[S390]
574			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
575
576	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
577			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
578			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
579			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
580			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
581			ones should be.
582			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
583			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
584			instability issue. However, not all features have names
585			in /proc/cpuinfo.
586			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
587			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
588			or using the feature without checking anything
589			will still see it. This just prevents it from
590			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
591			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
592			some critical bits.
593
594	clk_ignore_unused
595			[CLK]
596			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
597			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
598			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
599			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
600			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
601			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
602			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
603			platform with proper driver support.  For more
604			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
605
606	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
607			[Deprecated]
608			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
609			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
610			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
611			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
612
613	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
614			Format: <string>
615			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
616			with the name specified.
617			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
618			the platform:
619			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
620			[ACPI] acpi_pm
621			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
622				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
623			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
624				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
625			[MIPS] MIPS
626			[PARISC] cr16
627			[S390] tod
628			[SH] SuperH
629			[SPARC64] tick
630			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
631
632	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
633			[ARM,ARM64]
634			Format: <bool>
635			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
636			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
637			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
638			systems.
639
640	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
641			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
642			external delays before the clock will be marked
643			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
644			three attempts to read the clock under test.
645
646	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
647			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
648			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
649			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
650			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
651			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
652			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
653			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
654			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
655
656	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
657			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
658			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
659			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
660			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
661
662	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
663			[KNL,CMA]
664			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
665			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
666			placement constraint by the physical address range of
667			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
668			altogether. For more information, see
669			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
670
671	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
672			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
673			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
674			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
675			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
676			specified, the default value is 0.
677			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
678			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
679			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
680			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
681
682	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
683			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
684			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
685			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
686			a hypervisor.
687			Default: yes
688
689	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
690			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
691			allocations, by default set to 256K.
692
693	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
694			Format:
695			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
696
697	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
698			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
699
700	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
701			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
702			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
703
704	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
705	conmode=
706
707	con3215_drop=	[S390] 3215 console drop mode.
708			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
709			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
710			the console buffer is full. In this case the
711			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
712			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
713			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
714			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
715			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
716			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
717
718	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
719
720		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
721
722		ttyS<n>[,options]
723		ttyUSB0[,options]
724			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
725			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
726			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
727			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
728			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
729
730			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
731			information.  See
732			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
733			alternative.
734
735		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
736		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
737		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
738		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
739		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
740			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
741			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
742			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
743			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
744			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
745			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
746			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
747			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
748			the h/w is not re-initialized.
749
750		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
751			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
752
753		{ null | "" }
754			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
755			console messages discarded.
756			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
757			kernel command line.
758
759		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
760		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
761			console=brl,ttyS0
762		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
763
764	console_msg_format=
765			[KNL] Change console messages format
766		default
767			By default we print messages on consoles in
768			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
769			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
770			`printk_time' param).
771		syslog
772			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
773			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
774			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
775			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
776			from /proc/kmsg.
777
778	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
779			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
780			Defaults to 0.
781
782	coredump_filter=
783			[KNL] Change the default value for
784			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
785			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
786
787	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
788			[ARM,ARM64]
789			Format: <bool>
790			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
791			0: default value, disable debugging
792			1: enable debugging at boot time
793
794	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
795			Format:
796			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
797
798	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
799			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
800			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
801			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
802			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
803			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
804			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
805			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
806			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
807			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
808			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
809			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
810			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
811
812	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
813			disable the cpuidle sub-system
814
815	cpuidle.governor=
816			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
817
818	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
819			disable the cpufreq sub-system
820
821	cpufreq.default_governor=
822			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
823			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
824			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
825
826	cpu_init_udelay=N
827			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
828			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
829			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
830			Default: 10000
831
832	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
833			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
834			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
835			succeeds in any situation.
836			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
837			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
838			kernel more unstable.
839
840	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
841			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
842			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
843			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
844			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
845			is selected automatically.
846			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and
847			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
848			hasn't been specified.
849			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
850
851	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
852			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
853			in the running system. The syntax of range is
854			start-[end] where start and end are both
855			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
856			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
857
858	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
859			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
860			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
861			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
862			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
863			available.
864			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
865	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
866			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
867			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
868			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
869			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
870			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
871			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
872			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
873			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
874			size is	platform dependent.
875			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
876			  --> arm64: 128MiB
877			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
878			for second kernel instead.
879			0: to disable low allocation.
880			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
881			or memory reserved is below 4G.
882
883	cryptomgr.notests
884			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
885
886	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
887			Format: <dma>
888
889	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
890			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
891
892	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
893			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
894			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
895			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
896			to resolve the hang situation.
897			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
898			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
899			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
900			     but more data)
901
902	dasd=		[HW,NET]
903			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
904
905	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
906			(one device per port)
907			Format: <port#>,<type>
908			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
909
910	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
911
912	debug_boot_weak_hash
913			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
914			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
915			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
916			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
917			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
918			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
919
920	debug_locks_verbose=
921			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
922			Format: <int>
923			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
924			self-tests.
925			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
926			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
927			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
928			useful to lockdep developers.
929
930	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable 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 programming 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[,uartclk]]
1173		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1174		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1175		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
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. 'uartclk' is
1185			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1186			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1187
1188		pl011,<addr>
1189		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1190			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1191			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1192			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1193			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1194			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1195			the device registers.
1196
1197		liteuart,<addr>
1198			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1199			specified address. The serial port must already be
1200			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1201
1202		meson,<addr>
1203			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1204			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1205			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1206			supported.
1207
1208		msm_serial,<addr>
1209			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1210			port at the specified address. The serial port
1211			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1212			yet supported.
1213
1214		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1215			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1216			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1217			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1218			yet supported.
1219
1220		owl,<addr>
1221			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1222			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1223			specified address. The serial port must already be
1224			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1225
1226		rda,<addr>
1227			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1228			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1229			specified address. The serial port must already be
1230			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1231
1232		sbi
1233			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1234			console.
1235
1236		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1237
1238		s3c2410,<addr>
1239		s3c2412,<addr>
1240		s3c2440,<addr>
1241		s3c6400,<addr>
1242		s5pv210,<addr>
1243		exynos4210,<addr>
1244			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1245			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1246			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1247			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1248			Options are not yet supported.
1249
1250		lantiq,<addr>
1251			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1252			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1253			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1254			yet supported.
1255
1256		lpuart,<addr>
1257		lpuart32,<addr>
1258			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1259			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1260			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1261			port must already be setup and configured.
1262
1263		ec_imx21,<addr>
1264		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1265			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1266			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1267			must already be setup and configured.
1268
1269		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1270			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1271			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1272			address. The serial port must already be setup
1273			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1274
1275		qcom_geni,<addr>
1276			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1277			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1278			specified address. The serial port must already be
1279			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1280
1281		efifb,[options]
1282			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1283			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1284			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1285			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1286			mapped with the correct attributes.
1287
1288		linflex,<addr>
1289			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1290			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1291			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1292			already be setup and configured.
1293
1294	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1295			earlyprintk=vga
1296			earlyprintk=sclp
1297			earlyprintk=xen
1298			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1299			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1300			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1301			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1302			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1303			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1304
1305			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1306			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1307			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1308
1309			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1310			takes over.
1311
1312			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1313			be used at a time.
1314
1315			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1316			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1317			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1318			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1319				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1320			You can find the port for a given device in
1321			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1322				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1323
1324			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1325			very good.
1326
1327			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1328			the real console.
1329
1330			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1331
1332			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1333
1334			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1335			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1336			UART class.
1337
1338	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1339			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1340			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1341			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1342			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1343			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1344			default: on.
1345
1346	edd=		[EDD]
1347			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1348
1349	efi=		[EFI]
1350			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1351				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1352				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1353			debug: enable misc debug output.
1354			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1355			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1356			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1357			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1358			firmware implementations.
1359			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1360			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1361			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1362			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1363			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1364			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1365			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1366			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1367			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1368			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1369
1370	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1371			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1372			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1373			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1374			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1375
1376	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1377			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1378			updating original EFI memory map.
1379			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1380			from ss to ss+nn.
1381
1382			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1383			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1384			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1385			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1386
1387			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1388			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1389			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1390
1391			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1392			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1393			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1394			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1395			"soft reserved".
1396
1397	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1398			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1399			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1400			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1401			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1402
1403
1404	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1405			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1406
1407	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1408			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1409
1410			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1411			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1412
1413			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1414			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1415			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1416			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1417
1418	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1419			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1420			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1421
1422	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1423			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1424			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1425			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1426			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1427
1428	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1429			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1430			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1431			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1432
1433	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1434			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1435			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1436			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1437			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1438
1439	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1440			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1441			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1442			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1443			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1444			Default value is 0.
1445			Value can be changed at runtime via
1446			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1447
1448	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1449			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1450			support.
1451
1452	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1453			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1454			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1455
1456	evm=		[EVM]
1457			Format: { "fix" }
1458			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1459			current integrity status.
1460
1461	early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1462			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1463			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1464			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1465			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1466			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1467			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1468
1469	failslab=
1470	fail_usercopy=
1471	fail_page_alloc=
1472	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1473			General fault injection mechanism.
1474			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1475			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1476
1477	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1478			Format: { initns | none }
1479			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1480			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1481
1482	floppy=		[HW]
1483			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1484
1485	force_pal_cache_flush
1486			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1487			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1488			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1489			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1490
1491	forcepae	[X86-32]
1492			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1493			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1494			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1495			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1496			and may cause unknown problems.
1497
1498	ftrace=[tracer]
1499			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1500			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1501			boot debugging.
1502
1503	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1504			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1505			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1506			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1507			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1508			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1509			start up functionality.
1510
1511			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1512			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1513			line parameter.
1514
1515			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1516
1517			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1518			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1519
1520	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1521			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1522			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1523			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1524			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1525			oops.
1526
1527	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1528			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1529			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1530			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1531			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1532			tracing directory.
1533
1534	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1535			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1536			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1537			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1538			tracing directory.
1539
1540	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1541			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1542			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1543			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1544			that can be changed at run time by the
1545			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1546
1547	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1548			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1549			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1550			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1551			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1552
1553	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1554			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1555			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1556			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1557			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1558
1559	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1560			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1561			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1562			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1563			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1564			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1565			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1566			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1567			suppliers).
1568			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1569			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1570			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1571				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1572				up (sync_state() calls).
1573			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1574				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1575			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1576
1577	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1578			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1579			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1580			Format: <bool>
1581
1582	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1583			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1584			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1585			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1586			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1587
1588	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1589
1590	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1591			Format: off | on
1592			default: on
1593
1594	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1595			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1596			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1597			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1598			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1599
1600	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1601			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1602			android emulator
1603
1604	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1605			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1606			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1607	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1608			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1609
1610	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1611			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1612			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1613			GPT to be used instead.
1614
1615	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1616			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1617			Format: 0 | 1
1618			Default: 0
1619	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1620			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1621			Format: 0 | 1
1622			Default: 0
1623	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1624			Format: 0 | 1
1625			Default: 0
1626	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1627			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1628			Default: 1024
1629	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1630			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1631			Default: 1024
1632
1633	hardened_usercopy=
1634			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1635			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1636			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1637			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1638			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1639			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1640			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1641		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1642		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1643
1644	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1645			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1646			backtraces on all cpus.
1647			Format: 0 | 1
1648
1649	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1650			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1651			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1652			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1653
1654	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1655
1656	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1657			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1658
1659	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1660			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1661			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1662			logic will be disabled.
1663
1664	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1665		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1666				present during boot.
1667		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1668		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1669		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1670				(that will set all pages holding image data
1671				during restoration read-only).
1672
1673	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1674			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1675			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1676			size on bigger boxes.
1677
1678	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1679			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1680			Default: "on"
1681
1682	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1683
1684	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1685			Format: <string>
1686			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1687			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1688			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1689			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1690			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1691			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1692			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1693			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1694			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1695			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1696
1697	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1698			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1699				verbose }
1700			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1701			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1702				VIA, nVidia)
1703			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1704
1705	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1706			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1707
1708	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1709			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1710			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1711			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1712			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1713			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1714			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1715			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1716			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1717				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1718
1719	hugepagesz=
1720			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1721			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1722			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1723			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1724			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1725			architecture dependent.  See also
1726			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1727			Format: size[KMG]
1728
1729	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1730			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1731			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1732			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1733				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1734
1735			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1736			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1737			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1738
1739	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1740			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1741			enabled.
1742			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1743			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1744			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1745			Format: { on | off (default) }
1746
1747			on: enable HVO
1748			off: disable HVO
1749
1750			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1751			the default is on.
1752
1753			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1754			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1755			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1756			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1757			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1758
1759	hung_task_panic=
1760			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1761			Format: 0 | 1
1762
1763			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1764			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1765			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1766			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1767			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1768
1769	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1770				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1771	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1772				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1773				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1774
1775	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1776				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1777				      guest on lock contention.
1778
1779	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1780				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1781				registered from board initialization code.
1782				Format:
1783				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1784
1785	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1786	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1787			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1788			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1789			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1790	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1791	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1792			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1793			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1794	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1795	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1796	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1797			     for the AUX port
1798	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1799			     controller
1800	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1801			     controllers
1802	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1803	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1804			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1805			     transitions, or never reset
1806			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1807			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1808			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1809			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1810			architectures force reset to be always executed
1811	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1812	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1813	i8042.probe_defer
1814			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1815
1816	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1817
1818	i915.invert_brightness=
1819			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1820			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1821			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1822			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1823			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1824			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1825			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1826			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1827			value switches the backlight off.
1828			-1 -- never invert brightness
1829			 0 -- machine default
1830			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1831
1832	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1833			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1834
1835
1836	idle=		[X86]
1837			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1838			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1839			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1840			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1841			Not recommended.
1842			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1843			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1844			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1845
1846	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1847			Format: <bool>
1848			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1849			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1850			true (1).
1851
1852	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1853			Format: <bool>
1854			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1855			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1856
1857	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1858			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1859			Default: strict
1860
1861			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1862			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1863			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1864			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1865			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1866			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1867			encoding mode.
1868
1869			Available settings are as follows:
1870			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1871				supported by the FPU
1872			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1873				by the FPU
1874			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1875				by the FPU
1876			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1877				supported by the FPU
1878
1879			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1880			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1881			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1882			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1883			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1884			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1885			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1886			MIPS64 CPUs.
1887
1888			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1889			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1890			except where unsupported by hardware.
1891
1892	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1893			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1894			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1895			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1896			could change it dynamically, usually by
1897			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1898
1899	ignore_rlimit_data
1900			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1901			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1902			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1903
1904	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1905			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1906
1907	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1908			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1909			default: "enforce"
1910
1911	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1912			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1913			owned by uid=0.
1914
1915	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1916			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1917			measurements, instead of host native format.
1918
1919	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1920			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1921				   | sha512 | ... }
1922			default: "sha1"
1923
1924			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1925			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1926
1927	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1928			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1929			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1930				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1931
1932			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1933			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1934			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1935			uid=0.
1936
1937			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1938			all files owned by root.
1939
1940			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1941			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1942			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1943
1944			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1945			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1946			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1947			flag.
1948
1949			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1950			critical data.
1951
1952	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1953			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1954			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1955			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1956			opened for read by uid=0.
1957
1958	ima_template=	[IMA]
1959			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1960			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
1961				   "ima-sigv2" }
1962			Default: "ima-ng"
1963
1964	ima_template_fmt=
1965			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1966			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1967
1968	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1969			Format: <min_file_size>
1970			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1971			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1972
1973			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1974			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1975			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1976
1977	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1978			Format: <bufsize>
1979			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1980
1981			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1982			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1983			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1984
1985	init=		[KNL]
1986			Format: <full_path>
1987			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1988			process.
1989
1990	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1991			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1992			startup.
1993
1994	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1995			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1996			modules and initcalls.
1997
1998	initramfs_async= [KNL]
1999			Format: <bool>
2000			Default: 1
2001			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2002			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2003			with devices being probed and
2004			initialized. This should normally just work,
2005			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2006			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2007			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2008			late_ initcalls.
2009
2010	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2011
2012	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2013			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2014			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2015			setting.
2016			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2017			Default is 0, 0
2018
2019	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2020			zeroes.
2021			Format: 0 | 1
2022			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2023
2024	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2025			Format: 0 | 1
2026			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2027
2028	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2029			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2030			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2031			override in debugfs after boot.
2032
2033	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2034			Format: <irq>
2035
2036	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2037
2038	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2039			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2040			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2041			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2042
2043	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2044		on
2045			Enable intel iommu driver.
2046		off
2047			Disable intel iommu driver.
2048		igfx_off [Default Off]
2049			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2050			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2051			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2052			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2053			DMA.
2054		strict [Default Off]
2055			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2056		sp_off [Default Off]
2057			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2058			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2059			not be supported.
2060		sm_on
2061			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2062			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2063			translation.
2064		sm_off
2065			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2066		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2067			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2068			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2069			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2070			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2071			mapping is enabled.
2072			Note that using this option lowers the security
2073			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2074			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2075
2076	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2077			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2078			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2079
2080	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2081			disable
2082			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2083			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2084			passive
2085			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2086			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2087			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2088			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2089			  feature.
2090			force
2091			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2092			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2093			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2094			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2095			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2096			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2097			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2098			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2099			no_hwp
2100			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2101			  if available.
2102			hwp_only
2103			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2104			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2105			support_acpi_ppc
2106			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2107			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2108			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2109			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2110			per_cpu_perf_limits
2111			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2112			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2113
2114	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2115			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2116			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2117			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2118			no_x2apic_optout
2119				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2120			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2121
2122	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2123		strict	regions from userspace.
2124		relaxed
2125
2126	iommu=		[X86]
2127		off
2128		force
2129		noforce
2130		biomerge
2131		panic
2132		nopanic
2133		merge
2134		nomerge
2135		soft
2136		pt		[X86]
2137		nopt		[X86]
2138		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2139			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2140
2141	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2142			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2143			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2144			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2145			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2146			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2147			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2148
2149	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2150			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2151			0 - Lazy mode.
2152			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2153			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2154			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2155			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2156			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2157			1 - Strict mode.
2158			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2159			  synchronously.
2160			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2161			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2162			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2163
2164	iommu.passthrough=
2165			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2166			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2167			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2168			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2169			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2170
2171	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2172			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2173			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2174
2175	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2176		0x80
2177			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2178		0xed
2179			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2180		udelay
2181			Simple two microseconds delay
2182		none
2183			No delay
2184
2185	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2186			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2187
2188	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2189			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2190
2191	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2192			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2193
2194	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2195			[ARM, ARM64]
2196			Format: <bool>
2197			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2198			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2199			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2200
2201	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2202			[ARM, ARM64]
2203			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2204			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2205			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2206			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2207			LPIs.
2208
2209	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2210			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2211			requires the kernel to be built with
2212			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2213
2214	irqfixup	[HW]
2215			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2216			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2217			firmware running.
2218
2219	irqpoll		[HW]
2220			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2221			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2222			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2223			firmware running.
2224
2225	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2226			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2227
2228	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2229			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2230			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2231
2232			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2233			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2234
2235			nohz
2236			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2237
2238			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2239			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2240			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2241			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2242			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2243
2244			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2245			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2246			  be configured manually after bootup.
2247
2248			domain
2249			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2250			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2251			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2252			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2253			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2254			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2255			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2256			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2257
2258			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2259			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2260			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2261			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2262
2263			managed_irq
2264
2265			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2266			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2267			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2268			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2269			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2270
2271			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2272			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2273			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2274			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2275			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2276			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2277			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2278
2279			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2280			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2281			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2282			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2283			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2284			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2285			  queues.
2286
2287			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2288
2289	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2290
2291	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2292			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2293			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2294			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2295
2296			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2297			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2298			write the parameter as:
2299				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2300
2301			Deprecated formats:
2302			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2303			  write the parameter as:
2304				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2305			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2306			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2307				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2308
2309	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2310			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2311			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2312			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2313
2314			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2315			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2316			write the parameter as:
2317				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2318
2319			Deprecated formats:
2320			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2321			  write the parameter as:
2322				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2323			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2324			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2325				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2326
2327	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2328			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2329			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2330			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2331
2332			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2333			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2334			write the parameter as:
2335				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2336
2337			Deprecated formats:
2338			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2339			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2340				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2341			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2342			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2343				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2344
2345	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2346			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2347
2348	kasan_multi_shot
2349			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2350			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2351			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2352			invalid access.
2353
2354	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
2355			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2356			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2357			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2358			the real console.
2359
2360	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2361
2362	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2363			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2364			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2365			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2366			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2367			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2368			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2369			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2370			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2371			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2372
2373			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2374			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2375			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2376			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2377			zone if it does not.
2378
2379			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2380			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2381			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2382			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2383			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2384			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2385			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2386
2387	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2388			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2389			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2390			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2391			optional and is the number seconds in between
2392			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2393			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2394			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2395			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2396			the kernel debugger.
2397
2398	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2399			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2400			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2401			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2402			 keyboard only format: kbd
2403			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2404			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2405			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2406			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2407
2408	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2409			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2410			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2411			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2412			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2413			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2414			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2415
2416			The name of the early console should be specified
2417			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2418			the early console might be different than the tty
2419			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2420			blank and the first boot console that implements
2421			read() will be picked.
2422
2423	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2424			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2425
2426	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2427			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2428			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2429
2430	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2431			Valid arguments: on, off
2432			Default: on
2433			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2434			the default is off.
2435
2436	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2437			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2438			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2439			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2440			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2441			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2442			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2443
2444			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2445
2446			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2447			Boot Parameter" section.
2448
2449	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2450			and kernel address spaces.
2451			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2452			0: force disabled
2453			1: force enabled
2454
2455	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2456			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2457			default value can be overridden via
2458			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2459			Default is 1 (enabled)
2460
2461	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2462			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2463
2464	kvm.eager_page_split=
2465			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2466			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2467			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2468			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2469			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2470			required to split huge pages lazily.
2471
2472			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2473			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2474			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2475			still be used for reads.
2476
2477			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2478			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2479			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2480			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2481			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2482			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2483			cleared.
2484
2485			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2486
2487			Default is Y (on).
2488
2489	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2490				   Default is false (don't support).
2491
2492	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2493			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2494			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2495			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2496			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2497			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2498				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2499
2500			Default is 'auto'.
2501
2502			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2503			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2504
2505	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2506			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2507			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2508			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2509			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2510
2511	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2512			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2513			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2514			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2515			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2516			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2517
2518	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2519			Default is 1 (enabled)
2520
2521	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2522			for all guests.
2523			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2524
2525	kvm-arm.mode=
2526			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2527
2528			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2529
2530			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2531			      protected guests.
2532
2533			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2534				   state is kept private from the host.
2535
2536			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2537				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
2538				hardware.
2539
2540			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2541			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2542			for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
2543			used with extreme caution.
2544
2545	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2546			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2547			system registers
2548
2549	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2550			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2551			system registers
2552
2553	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2554			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2555			system registers
2556
2557	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2558			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2559			LPIs.
2560
2561	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2562			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2563			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2564			allocation.
2565			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2566			Format: <integer>
2567			Default: 5
2568
2569	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2570			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2571			Default is 1 (enabled)
2572
2573	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2574			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2575			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2576			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2577			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2578			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2579			Default is 1 (enabled)
2580
2581	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2582			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2583			Default is 1 (enabled)
2584
2585	kvm-intel.nested=
2586			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2587			Default is 0 (disabled)
2588
2589	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2590			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2591			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2592			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2593
2594	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2595			CVE-2018-3620.
2596
2597			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2598
2599			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2600			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2601				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2602			never:	Disables the mitigation
2603
2604			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2605
2606	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2607			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2608			Default is 1 (enabled)
2609
2610	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2611			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2612
2613			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2614			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2615			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2616
2617			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2618			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2619			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2620			not have direct access.
2621
2622			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2623			options are:
2624
2625			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2626
2627	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2628			      affected CPUs
2629
2630			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2631			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2632
2633			full
2634				Provides all available mitigations for the
2635				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2636				enables all mitigations in the
2637				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2638
2639				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2640				sysfs interface is still possible after
2641				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2642				when the first VM is started in a
2643				potentially insecure configuration,
2644				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2645
2646			full,force
2647				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2648				flush runtime control. Implies the
2649				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2650				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2651
2652			flush
2653				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2654				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2655				L1D flush.
2656
2657				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2658				sysfs interface is still possible after
2659				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2660				when the first VM is started in a
2661				potentially insecure configuration,
2662				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2663
2664			flush,nosmt
2665
2666				Disables SMT and enables the default
2667				hypervisor mitigation.
2668
2669				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2670				sysfs interface is still possible after
2671				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2672				when the first VM is started in a
2673				potentially insecure configuration,
2674				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2675
2676			flush,nowarn
2677				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2678				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2679				insecure configuration.
2680
2681			off
2682				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2683				emit any warnings.
2684				It also drops the swap size and available
2685				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2686				bare metal.
2687
2688			Default is 'flush'.
2689
2690			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2691
2692	l2cr=		[PPC]
2693
2694	l3cr=		[PPC]
2695
2696	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2697			disabled it.
2698
2699	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2700			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2701			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2702			Format: notscdeadline
2703
2704	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2705			in C2 power state.
2706
2707	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2708			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2709			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2710			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2711			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2712			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2713			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2714
2715	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2716			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2717			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2718
2719	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2720			when set.
2721			Format: <int>
2722
2723	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2724			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2725			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2726			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2727			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2728			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2729			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2730			to all ports, links and devices.
2731
2732			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2733			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2734			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2735			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2736			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2737			host link and device attached to it.
2738
2739			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2740			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2741			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2742			The following configurations can be forced.
2743
2744			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2745			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2746
2747			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2748
2749			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2750			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2751			  allowed.
2752
2753			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2754			  resets.
2755
2756			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2757			  link recovery.
2758
2759			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2760			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2761			  detection.
2762
2763			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2764
2765			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2766
2767			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2768
2769			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2770
2771			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2772
2773			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2774
2775			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2776
2777			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2778
2779			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2780			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2781
2782			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2783			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2784
2785			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2786			  identify device data log.
2787
2788			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2789			  purpose log directory.
2790
2791			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2792
2793			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2794			  1024 sectors.
2795
2796			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2797			  65535 sectors.
2798
2799			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2800
2801			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2802			  should be skipped.
2803
2804			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
2805			  support for devices supporting this feature.
2806
2807			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2808
2809			* disable: Disable this device.
2810
2811			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2812			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2813
2814	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2815
2816	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2817			Format: <integer>
2818
2819	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2820			Format: <integer>
2821
2822	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2823			Format: <integer>
2824
2825	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2826			Format: <integer>
2827
2828	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2829			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2830			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2831			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2832			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2833			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2834			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2835			are also disabled.
2836
2837	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2838			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2839			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2840			number of online CPUs.
2841
2842	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2843			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2844
2845	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2846			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2847
2848	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2849			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2850			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2851
2852	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2853			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2854			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2855			mode during the locktorture test.
2856
2857	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2858			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2859			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2860
2861	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2862			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2863
2864	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2865			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2866			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2867			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2868			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2869			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2870
2871	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2872			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2873
2874	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2875			Enable additional printk() statements.
2876
2877	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2878			Format: <irq>
2879
2880	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2881			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2882			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2883			loglevels are defined as follows:
2884
2885			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2886			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2887			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2888			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2889			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2890			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2891			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2892			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2893
2894	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2895			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2896			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2897			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2898			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2899			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2900			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2901
2902	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2903			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2904			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2905			kernel boot problems.
2906
2907	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2908	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2909	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2910	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2911				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2912				attached printers to be reset. Using
2913				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2914				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2915				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2916				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2917				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2918				port specification list means that device IDs
2919				from each port should be examined, to see if
2920				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2921				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2922				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2923
2924	lpj=n		[KNL]
2925			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2926			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2927			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2928			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2929			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2930			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2931			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2932			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2933			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2934			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2935			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2936			hardware.
2937
2938	ltpc=		[NET]
2939			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2940
2941	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2942
2943	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2944			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2945			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2946
2947	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2948			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2949			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2950
2951	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2952			different yeeloong laptops.
2953			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2954
2955	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
2956			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2957
2958	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2959			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2960			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2961			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2962			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2963			only takes effect during system bootup.
2964			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2965			which also disables the IO APIC.
2966
2967	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2968	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2969			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2970			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2971			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2972			/dev/loop-control interface.
2973
2974	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2975
2976	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2977
2978	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2979			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2980
2981	mdacon=		[MDA]
2982			Format: <first>,<last>
2983			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2984
2985	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2986			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2987			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2988
2989			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2990			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2991			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2992
2993			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2994			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2995			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2996			not have direct access.
2997
2998			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2999			options are:
3000
3001			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3002			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3003				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3004			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3005
3006			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3007			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3008			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3009			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3010			too.
3011
3012			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3013			mds=full.
3014
3015			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3016
3017	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
3018			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3019
3020	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
3021			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
3022
3023			1 for test;
3024			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3025			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3026			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3027			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3028
3029			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3030			high memory is not affected.
3031
3032			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3033			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3034
3035			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3036			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3037			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3038			belonging to unused RAM.
3039
3040			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3041			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3042			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3043
3044	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3045			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3046			firmware.
3047			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3048			ss[KMG].
3049			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3050			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3051
3052	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3053			memory.
3054
3055	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3056
3057	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3058			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3059			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3060
3061	memhp_default_state=online/offline
3062			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3063			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3064			set according to the
3065			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3066			option.
3067			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3068
3069	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3070			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3071			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3072			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3073			option description.
3074
3075	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3076			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3077			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3078			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3079			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3080			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3081			comma delimited.
3082			Example:
3083				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3084
3085	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3086			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3087			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3088
3089	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3090			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3091			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3092			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3093			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3094			         or
3095			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3096			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3097			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3098			will be eaten.
3099
3100	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3101			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3102			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3103			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3104			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3105
3106	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3107			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3108			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3109			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3110			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3111			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3112			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3113			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3114
3115	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3116			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3117			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3118			Setting this option will scan the memory
3119			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3120			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3121			from using the memory being corrupted.
3122			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3123			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3124			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3125			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3126
3127	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3128			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3129			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3130			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3131			corruption in more or less memory.
3132
3133	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3134			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3135			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3136			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3137
3138	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3139			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3140			Format: {on | off (default)}
3141			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3142			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3143			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3144			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3145			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3146			lot of memory without requiring additional
3147			memory to do so.
3148			This feature is disabled by default because it
3149			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3150			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3151			memory blocks).
3152			The state of the flag can be read in
3153			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3154			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3155			the feature is not effective.
3156
3157	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3158			Format: <integer>
3159			default : 0 <disable>
3160			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3161			performed. Each pass selects another test
3162			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3163			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3164			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3165			regions that are detected.
3166
3167	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3168			Valid arguments: on, off
3169			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3170			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3171			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3172			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3173			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3174
3175			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3176			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3177
3178	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3179			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3180			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3181			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3182			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3183
3184	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3185			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3186			platforms.
3187
3188	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3189			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3190			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3191			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3192
3193	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3194
3195	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3196			physical address is ignored.
3197
3198	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3199			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3200			Default: "0tb"
3201			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3202			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3203			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3204			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3205			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3206			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3207			unconfigured.
3208			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3209			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3210			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3211			VGA shield.
3212			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3213			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3214			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3215			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3216			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3217			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3218
3219	mitigations=
3220			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3221			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3222			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3223			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3224
3225			off
3226				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3227				improves system performance, but it may also
3228				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3229				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3230					       if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3231					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3232					       nobp=0 [S390]
3233					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3234					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3235					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3236					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3237					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3238					       l1tf=off [X86]
3239					       mds=off [X86]
3240					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3241					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3242					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3243					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3244					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3245					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3246					       retbleed=off [X86]
3247
3248				Exceptions:
3249					       This does not have any effect on
3250					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3251					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3252
3253			auto (default)
3254				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3255				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3256				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3257				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3258				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3259				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3260
3261			auto,nosmt
3262				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3263				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3264				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3265				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3266					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3267					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3268					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3269					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3270
3271	mminit_loglevel=
3272			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3273			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3274			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3275			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3276			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3277			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3278
3279	mmio_stale_data=
3280			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3281			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3282
3283			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3284			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3285			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3286			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3287			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3288			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3289
3290			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3291			options are:
3292
3293			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3294
3295			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3296				     vulnerable CPUs.
3297
3298			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3299
3300			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3301			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3302			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3303			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3304			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3305			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3306
3307			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3308			mmio_stale_data=full.
3309
3310			For details see:
3311			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3312
3313	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3314			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3315			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3316			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3317			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3318			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3319
3320	module.async_probe=<bool>
3321			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3322			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3323			specific module, use the module specific control that
3324			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3325			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3326			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3327			the specific module.
3328
3329	module.sig_enforce
3330			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3331			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3332			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3333			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3334
3335	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3336			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3337
3338	mousedev.tap_time=
3339			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3340			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3341			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3342			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3343			Format: <msecs>
3344	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3345			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3346	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3347			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3348
3349	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3350			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3351			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3352			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3353			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3354			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3355			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3356			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3357			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3358			is not too small.
3359
3360	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3361			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3362			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3363			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3364			allocations. Use with caution!
3365
3366	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3367			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3368
3369	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3370			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3371
3372	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3373			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3374
3375	mtdset=		[ARM]
3376			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3377
3378			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3379
3380	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3381			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3382			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3383
3384	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3385			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3386			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3387
3388	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3389			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3390			Default is 1.
3391			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3392			using up MTRRs.
3393
3394	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3395			Format: <integer>
3396			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3397			Default : 1
3398			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3399			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3400
3401	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3402			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3403			at a time.
3404
3405	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3406
3407	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3408			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3409			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3410			something different and driver-specific.
3411			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3412			file if at all.
3413
3414	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3415			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3416			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3417			waits 4 seconds.
3418
3419	nf_conntrack.acct=
3420			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3421			0 to disable accounting
3422			1 to enable accounting
3423			Default value is 0.
3424
3425	nfs.cache_getent=
3426			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3427			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3428
3429	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3430			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3431			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3432
3433	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3434			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3435			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3436			requests.
3437
3438	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3439			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3440			channel should listen.
3441
3442	nfs.enable_ino64=
3443			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3444			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3445			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3446			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3447			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3448
3449	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3450			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3451			entries.
3452
3453	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3454			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3455			slots the client will assign to the callback
3456			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3457			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3458			a particular server.
3459
3460	nfs.max_session_slots=
3461			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3462			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3463			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3464			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3465			Note that there is little point in setting this
3466			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3467
3468	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3469			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3470			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3471			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3472			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3473			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3474			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3475			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3476			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3477			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3478			back to using the idmapper.
3479			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3480
3481	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3482			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3483			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3484			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3485			UUID that is generated at system install time.
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	nfs.send_implementation_id=
3500			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3501			information in exchange_id requests.
3502			If zero, no implementation identification information
3503			will be sent.
3504			The default is to send the implementation identification
3505			information.
3506
3507	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
3508			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3509			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3510
3511			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3512			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3513			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3514			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3515
3516	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
3517			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3518			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3519			the destination of the copy.
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	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
3529			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3530			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3531			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3532			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3533			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3534			this parameter.
3535
3536	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3537			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3538
3539	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3540			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3541
3542	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3543			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3544
3545	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3546			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3547			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3548
3549	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3550			when a NMI is triggered.
3551			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3552
3553	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3554			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3555			Valid num: 0 or 1
3556			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3557			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3558			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3559			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3560			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3561			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3562			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3563			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3564			need the box quickly up again.
3565
3566			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3567			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3568
3569	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3570			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3571			is present.
3572
3573	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3574			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3575
3576	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3577			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3578			but will impact performance.
3579
3580	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3581
3582	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3583			(CPU alternatives feature).
3584
3585	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3586			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3587
3588	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3589
3590	nocache		[ARM]
3591
3592	no_console_suspend
3593			[HW] Never suspend the console
3594			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3595			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3596			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3597			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3598			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3599			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3600			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3601			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3602			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3603			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3604			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3605			turn on/off it dynamically.
3606
3607	no_debug_objects
3608			[KNL] Disable object debugging
3609
3610	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3611
3612	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3613
3614	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3615
3616	noexec		[IA-64]
3617
3618	noexec32	[X86-64]
3619			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3620			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3621				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3622			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3623				read implies executable mappings
3624
3625	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3626			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3627			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3628
3629	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3630
3631	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3632
3633	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3634			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3635			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3636
3637	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3638			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3639			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3640			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3641			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3642			real-time systems.
3643
3644	no_hash_pointers
3645			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3646			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3647			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3648			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3649			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3650			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3651			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3652			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3653			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3654			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3655			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3656			kernels.
3657
3658	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3659
3660	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3661			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3662			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3663			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3664			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3665			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
3666			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3667			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3668
3669	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3670
3671	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3672
3673	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3674			Valid arguments: on, off
3675			Default: on
3676
3677	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3678			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3679			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3680			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3681			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3682			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3683			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3684			just as if they had also been called out in the
3685			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3686
3687			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3688			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3689
3690	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3691			initial RAM disk.
3692
3693	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3694			remapping.
3695			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3696
3697	nointroute	[IA-64]
3698
3699	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3700
3701	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3702
3703	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3704			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3705
3706	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3707
3708	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3709
3710	nokaslr		[KNL]
3711			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
3712			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
3713			Layout Randomization).
3714
3715	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3716			fault handling.
3717
3718	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3719
3720	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3721
3722	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3723
3724	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3725
3726	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3727
3728	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3729			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3730
3731	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
3732			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
3733			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
3734			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
3735			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
3736			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
3737			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
3738
3739			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3740
3741	nomodule	Disable module load
3742
3743	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3744			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3745			irq.
3746
3747	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3748			pagetables) support.
3749
3750	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3751
3752	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
3753			in some Intel CPUs.
3754
3755	nopti		[X86-64]
3756			Equivalent to pti=off
3757
3758	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
3759			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
3760			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
3761			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
3762
3763	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
3764			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
3765			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
3766			contention.
3767
3768	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3769			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3770
3771	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3772			with UP alternatives
3773
3774	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3775			space.
3776
3777	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3778
3779	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3780			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3781			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3782
3783	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3784
3785	nosmap		[PPC]
3786			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3787			even if it is supported by processor.
3788
3789	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3790			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3791			even if it is supported by processor.
3792
3793	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3794			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3795
3796	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3797			Equivalent to smt=1.
3798
3799			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3800			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3801				     via the sysfs control file.
3802
3803	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3804
3805	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3806			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3807
3808	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
3809			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
3810			with this option.
3811
3812	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3813			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3814			possible in the system.
3815
3816	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3817			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3818			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3819			option.
3820
3821	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES] Disable paravirtualized
3822			steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but
3823			won't influence scheduler behaviour
3824
3825	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3826
3827	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3828			broken timer IRQ sources.
3829
3830	no_uaccess_flush
3831	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3832
3833	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3834			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3835			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3836			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3837			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3838			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3839			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3840			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3841			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3842			is set.
3843
3844	no-vmw-sched-clock
3845			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3846			clock and use the default one.
3847
3848	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3849			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3850
3851	nowb		[ARM]
3852
3853	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3854
3855			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
3856			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
3857			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
3858
3859	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3860			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3861			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3862
3863	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3864			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3865			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3866			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3867			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3868			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3869
3870	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3871			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3872			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3873			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3874			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3875			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3876			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3877
3878	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3879			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3880			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3881			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3882			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3883			parameter's value.
3884			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3885			Default: 255
3886
3887	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3888			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3889			SAL PALO.
3890
3891	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3892			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3893			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3894			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3895			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3896			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3897			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3898			hot plugging.
3899
3900	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3901
3902	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3903			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3904
3905	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3906			NUMA balancing.
3907			Allowed values are enable and disable
3908
3909	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3910			'node', 'default' can be specified
3911			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3912			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3913
3914	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3915			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3916			info.
3917
3918	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3919			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3920			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3921			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3922			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3923			interrupts *may* be lost!
3924
3925	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3926			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3927			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3928			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3929
3930	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3931
3932			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3933
3934			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3935				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3936			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3937				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3938				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3939
3940	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3941			process, but there is a small probability of
3942			deadlocking the machine.
3943			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3944			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3945
3946	page_alloc.shuffle=
3947			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3948			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3949			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3950			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3951			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3952			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3953			can be read from sysfs at:
3954			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3955
3956	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3957			Storage of the information about who allocated
3958			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3959			we can turn it on.
3960			on: enable the feature
3961
3962	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3963			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3964			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3965			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3966			on: turn on poisoning
3967
3968	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3969			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3970			Format: <integer>
3971			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3972			reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3973
3974	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3975			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3976			timeout = 0: wait forever
3977			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3978			Format: <timeout>
3979
3980	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3981			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3982			bit 0: print all tasks info
3983			bit 1: print system memory info
3984			bit 2: print timer info
3985			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3986			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3987			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3988			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
3989			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
3990			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
3991			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
3992			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
3993
3994	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3995			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3996			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3997			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3998			called with any of the flags in this set.
3999			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4000			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4001			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4002			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4003			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4004			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4005			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4006
4007	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4008			on a WARN().
4009
4010	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4011			connected to, default is 0.
4012			Format: <parport#>
4013	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4014			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4015			Format: <mode>
4016
4017	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4018			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4019			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4020			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4021			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4022			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4023			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4024			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4025			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4026			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4027			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4028			are specified on the command line, starting
4029			with parport0.
4030
4031	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4032			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4033			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4034			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4035			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4036			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4037			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4038
4039	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4040			Format: <int>
4041			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4042			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4043			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4044
4045	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4046			Format: <int>
4047			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4048			changes.  Disabled by default.
4049
4050	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4051			Format: <int>
4052			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4053			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4054			Disabled by default.
4055
4056	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4057			Format: <int>
4058			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4059			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4060			Disabled by default.
4061
4062	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4063			Format: <int>
4064			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4065			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4066			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4067			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4068			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4069			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4070			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4071			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4072			all channels.
4073
4074	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4075			Format: <int>
4076			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4077			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4078			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4079
4080	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4081			Format: <int>
4082			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4083			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4084			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4085
4086	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4087			Format: <int>
4088			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4089			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4090			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4091			All modes allowed by default.
4092
4093	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4094			Format: <int>
4095			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4096			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4097
4098	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4099			Format: <int>
4100			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4101			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4102			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4103			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4104			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4105			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4106			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4107			By default all supported ports are probed.
4108
4109	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4110			Format: <int>
4111			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4112			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4113
4114	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4115			Format: <int>
4116			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4117			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4118			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4119			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4120			0 otherwise.
4121
4122	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4123			Format: <int>
4124			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4125			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4126			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4127			allowed by default.
4128
4129	pause_on_oops=
4130			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4131			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4132			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4133
4134	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4135
4136	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4137
4138				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4139				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4140				specified in one of the following formats:
4141
4142				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4143				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4144
4145				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4146				bus/device/function address which may change
4147				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4148				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4149				by other kernel parameters. If the
4150				domain is left unspecified, it is
4151				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4152				to a device through multiple device/function
4153				addresses can be specified after the base
4154				address (this is more robust against
4155				renumbering issues).  The second format
4156				selects devices using IDs from the
4157				configuration space which may match multiple
4158				devices in the system.
4159
4160		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4161				changes anything
4162		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4163		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4164				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4165				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4166		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4167				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4168				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4169				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4170		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4171				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4172				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4173		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4174				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4175				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4176				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4177				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4178				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4179				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4180		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4181				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4182				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4183		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4184				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4185		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4186				Configuration
4187		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4188				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4189				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4190		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4191				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4192				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4193		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4194				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4195				should never be necessary.
4196		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4197				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4198				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4199				when the system masks IRQs.
4200		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4201				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4202				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4203				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4204		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4205				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4206				on several machines and they hang the machine
4207				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4208				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4209				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4210				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4211				motherboard.
4212		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4213				Use with caution as certain devices share
4214				address decoders between ROMs and other
4215				resources.
4216		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4217				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4218				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4219		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4220				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4221		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4222				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4223				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4224				this way.
4225		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4226				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4227				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4228				F0000h-100000h range.
4229		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4230				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4231				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4232				explicitly which ones they are.
4233		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4234				numbers ourselves, overriding
4235				whatever the firmware may have done.
4236		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4237				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4238				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4239				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4240				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4241				IRQ routing is enabled.
4242		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4243				or for PCI scanning.
4244		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4245				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4246				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4247				please report a bug.
4248		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4249				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4250		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4251				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4252				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4253				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4254				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4255		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4256				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4257				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4258				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4259		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4260				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4261				so this option is a temporary workaround
4262				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4263		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4264				handle more pci cards
4265		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4266				This might help on some broken boards which
4267				machine check when some devices' config space
4268				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4269				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4270		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4271				This sorting is done to get a device
4272				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4273		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4274		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4275				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4276		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4277				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4278		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4279				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4280				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4281				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4282				or bus can support) for best performance.
4283		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4284				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4285				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4286				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4287				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4288				that hot-added devices will work.
4289		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4290				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4291				The default value is 256 bytes.
4292		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4293				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4294				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4295		resource_alignment=
4296				Format:
4297				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4298				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4299				aligned memory resources. How to
4300				specify the device is described above.
4301				If <order of align> is not specified,
4302				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4303				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4304				windows need to be expanded.
4305				To specify the alignment for several
4306				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4307				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4308				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4309				for 4096-byte alignment.
4310		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4311				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4312				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4313				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4314				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4315				the default.
4316				off: Turn ECRC off
4317				on: Turn ECRC on.
4318		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4319				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4320				Default size is 256 bytes.
4321		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4322				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4323				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4324		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4325				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4326				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4327		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4328				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4329				MMIO_PREF window.
4330				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4331		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4332				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4333				Default is 1.
4334		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4335				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4336				accommodate resources required by all child
4337				devices.
4338				off: Turn realloc off
4339				on: Turn realloc on
4340		realloc		same as realloc=on
4341		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4342		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4343				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4344		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4345				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4346				port.
4347		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4348				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4349				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4350				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4351				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4352				taints the kernel.
4353		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4354				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4355				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4356				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4357				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4358				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4359				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4360				this removes isolation between devices and
4361				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4362		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4363		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4364		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4365				one PCI domain per PCI function
4366
4367	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4368			Management.
4369		off	Disable ASPM.
4370		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4371			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4372
4373	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4374		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4375			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4376			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4377			also tries to use these services.
4378		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4379				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4380		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4381			hotplug).
4382
4383	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4384		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4385		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4386
4387	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4388		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4389			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4390
4391	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4392
4393	pd_ignore_unused
4394			[PM]
4395			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4396			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4397			for debug and development, but should not be
4398			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4399
4400	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4401			boot time.
4402			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4403			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4404
4405	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4406			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4407			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4408			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4409			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4410			and performance comparison.
4411
4412	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4413			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4414
4415	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4416			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4417			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4418
4419	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4420			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4421			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4422
4423	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4424			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4425			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4426			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4427			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4428			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4429			remains 0.
4430
4431	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4432			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4433
4434	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4435			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4436			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4437			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4438			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4439			possible settings and some assignment information.
4440
4441	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4442			{ off }
4443
4444	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4445			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4446
4447	pnp_reserve_irq=
4448			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4449
4450	pnp_reserve_dma=
4451			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4452
4453	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4454			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4455
4456	pnp_reserve_mem=
4457			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4458			autoconfiguration.
4459			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4460
4461	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4462			Default is 21.
4463			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4464			may be specified.
4465			Format: <port>,<port>....
4466
4467	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4468			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4469			platform machine description specific power_save
4470			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4471			execution priority.
4472
4473	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4474			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4475			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4476			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4477			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4478
4479	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4480			Format: {"off"}
4481			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4482
4483	preempt=	[KNL]
4484			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4485			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4486			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4487			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4488			       can be preempted anytime.
4489
4490	print-fatal-signals=
4491			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4492
4493			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4494			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4495			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4496			coredump - etc.
4497
4498			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4499			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4500
4501			default: off.
4502
4503	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4504			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4505			panics
4506			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4507			default: disabled
4508
4509	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4510			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4511			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4512			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4513			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4514			in order to provide more debug information.
4515			Format: <bool>
4516			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4517
4518	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4519			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4520			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4521			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4522			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4523			Default: ratelimit
4524
4525	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4526			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4527
4528	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4529			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4530			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4531
4532	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4533			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4534			instead using the legacy FADT method
4535
4536	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4537			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4538			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4539				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4540			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4541			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4542				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4543			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4544			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4545				statistical time based profiling.
4546
4547	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4548
4549	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4550			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4551			that).
4552			Format: <bool>
4553
4554	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4555			tracking.
4556			Format: <bool>
4557
4558	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4559			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4560	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4561			per second.
4562	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4563			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4564			(0 = never).
4565	psmouse.resolution=
4566			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4567	psmouse.smartscroll=
4568			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4569			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4570
4571	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4572
4573	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4574			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4575			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4576			system calls and interrupts.
4577
4578			on   - unconditionally enable
4579			off  - unconditionally disable
4580			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4581			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4582
4583			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4584
4585	pty.legacy_count=
4586			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4587			default number.
4588
4589	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4590
4591	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4592
4593	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
4594			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
4595			invalidate.
4596
4597	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4598			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4599
4600	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4601			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4602
4603	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4604
4605	random.trust_cpu=off
4606			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4607			random number generator (if available) to
4608			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4609
4610	random.trust_bootloader=off
4611			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4612			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4613			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4614
4615	randomize_kstack_offset=
4616			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4617			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4618			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4619			that depend on stack address determinism or
4620			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4621			available on architectures that have defined
4622			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4623			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4624			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4625
4626	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4627
4628		cec_disable	[X86]
4629				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4630				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4631
4632	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4633			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4634			as described above.
4635
4636			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4637			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4638			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4639			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4640			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4641			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4642			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4643			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4644			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4645			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4646			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4647			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4648
4649			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4650			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4651
4652			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4653			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4654			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4655			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4656
4657			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4658			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4659
4660	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4661			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4662			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4663			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4664			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4665			This improves the real-time response for the
4666			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4667			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4668			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4669			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4670
4671	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4672			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4673			process in one batch.
4674
4675	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4676			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4677			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4678			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4679
4680	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4681			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4682			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4683
4684	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4685			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4686			RCU grace-period initialization.
4687
4688	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4689			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4690			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4691			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4692			the rcu_node combining tree.
4693
4694	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4695			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4696			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4697			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4698			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4699
4700			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4701			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4702			to zero.
4703
4704	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4705			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4706			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4707			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4708			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4709
4710	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4711			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4712			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4713			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4714			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4715			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4716			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4717
4718	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4719			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4720			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4721			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4722			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4723			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4724			condition.
4725
4726	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4727			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4728			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4729			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4730
4731	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4732			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4733			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4734			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4735			and maximum value is HZ.
4736
4737	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4738			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4739			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4740			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4741
4742	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4743			Set required age in jiffies for a
4744			given grace period before RCU starts
4745			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4746			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4747			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4748			a value based on the most recent settings
4749			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4750			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4751			This calculated value may be viewed in
4752			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4753			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4754			overwritten.
4755
4756	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4757			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4758			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4759			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4760			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4761			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4762			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4763			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4764			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4765			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4766			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4767			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4768
4769	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4770			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4771			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4772			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4773			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4774			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4775			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4776			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4777
4778			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4779			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4780			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4781			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4782			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4783
4784	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4785			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4786			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4787			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4788			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4789			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4790			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4791			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4792			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4793			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4794			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4795			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4796
4797	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4798			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4799			each group, which defaults to the square root
4800			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4801			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4802			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4803			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4804
4805	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4806			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4807			batch limiting is disabled.
4808
4809	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4810			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4811			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4812
4813	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4814			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4815			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4816			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4817			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4818			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4819			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4820			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4821
4822	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4823			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4824			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4825			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4826			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4827			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4828
4829	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4830			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4831			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4832			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4833			Larger delays increase the probability of
4834			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4835			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4836			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4837
4838	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4839			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4840			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4841			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4842
4843	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4844			Measure performance of asynchronous
4845			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4846
4847	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4848			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4849			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4850			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4851			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4852			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4853
4854	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4855			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4856			grace-period primitives.
4857
4858	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4859			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4860			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4861			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4862			interference.
4863
4864	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4865			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4866
4867	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4868			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4869			If this parameter has the same value as
4870			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4871			and double-argument variants are tested.
4872
4873	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4874			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4875			If this parameter has the same value as
4876			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4877			and double-argument variants are tested.
4878
4879	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4880			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4881
4882	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4883			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4884
4885	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4886			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4887			of allocations and frees.
4888
4889	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4890			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4891			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4892			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4893			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4894			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4895			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4896			a single reader.
4897
4898	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4899			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4900			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4901			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4902
4903	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4904			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4905
4906	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4907			Shut the system down after performance tests
4908			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4909			testing.
4910
4911	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4912			Enable additional printk() statements.
4913
4914	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4915			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4916			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4917			no holdoff.
4918
4919	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4920			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4921			in microseconds.
4922
4923	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4924			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4925			in microseconds.
4926
4927	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4928			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4929			in seconds.
4930
4931	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4932			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
4933			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4934			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4935			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
4936			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
4937			of CPUs to be used.
4938
4939	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4940			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4941			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4942
4943	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4944			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4945			forward-progress tests.
4946
4947	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4948			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4949			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4950			testing.
4951
4952	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4953			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4954			primitives, if available.
4955
4956	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4957			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4958
4959	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4960			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4961			update-side primitives, if available.
4962
4963	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4964			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4965			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4966			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4967			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4968			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4969			they are all non-zero.
4970
4971	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4972			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4973			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4974			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4975
4976	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4977			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4978			This can of course result in splats, and is
4979			intended to test the ability of things like
4980			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4981			such leaks.
4982
4983	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4984			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4985
4986	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4987			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4988			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4989			test, hence the "fake".
4990
4991	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4992			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4993			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4994
4995	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4996			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4997			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4998
4999	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5000			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5001			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5002			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5003			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5004			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5005
5006	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5007			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5008
5009	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5010			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5011
5012	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5013			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5014			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5015
5016	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5017			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5018			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5019			task-exit processing.
5020
5021	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5022			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5023			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5024			is spawned.
5025
5026	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5027			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5028			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5029
5030	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5031			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5032			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5033			during the rcutorture test.
5034
5035	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5036			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5037			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5038
5039	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5040			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5041			warnings, zero to disable.
5042
5043	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5044			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5045			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
5046			to any other stall-related activity.
5047
5048	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5049			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5050
5051	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5052			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5053
5054	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5055			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5056			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5057			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5058			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5059			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5060
5061	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5062			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5063
5064	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5065			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5066			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5067			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5068			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5069
5070	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5071			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5072			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5073			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5074
5075	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5076			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5077
5078	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5079			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5080
5081	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5082			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5083			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5084
5085	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5086			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5087
5088	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5089			Enable additional printk() statements.
5090
5091	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5092			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5093			stall warning.
5094
5095	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5096			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5097
5098	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5099			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5100			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5101			during early boot, that is, during the time
5102			before the init task is spawned.
5103
5104	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5105			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5106			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5107			value is 300 seconds.
5108
5109	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5110			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5111			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5112			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5113			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5114			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5115			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5116			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5117			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5118
5119	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5120			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5121			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5122			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5123			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5124
5125	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5126			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5127			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5128			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5129
5130	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5131			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5132			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5133			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5134			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5135			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5136			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5137
5138	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5139			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5140			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5141			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5142			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5143			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5144			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5145			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5146			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5147
5148	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5149			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5150			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5151			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5152			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5153
5154			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5155			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5156			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5157			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5158			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5159			grace-period processing.
5160
5161	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5162			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5163			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5164			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5165			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5166			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5167			set to the default value of -1.
5168
5169	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5170			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5171			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5172			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5173			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5174			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5175			the default value of -1.
5176
5177	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5178			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5179			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5180			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5181			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5182			for use in testing.
5183
5184	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5185			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5186			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5187			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5188			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5189			but lengthens grace periods.
5190
5191	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5192			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5193			informational messages, which give some indication
5194			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5195			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5196			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5197			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5198			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5199			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5200			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5201
5202	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5203			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5204			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5205			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5206			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5207			the value three, so that the first informational
5208			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5209			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5210			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5211			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5212
5213	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5214			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5215			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5216			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5217			A change in value does not take effect until
5218			the beginning of the next grace period.
5219
5220	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5221			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5222
5223	rdinit=		[KNL]
5224			Format: <full_path>
5225			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5226			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5227
5228	rdrand=		[X86]
5229			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5230				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5231				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5232				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5233				path).
5234
5235	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5236			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5237			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5238			mba, smba, bmec.
5239			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5240				rdt=cmt,!mba
5241
5242	reboot=		[KNL]
5243			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5244				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5245				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5246				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5247				[[,]f[orce]
5248			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5249					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5250					reboot only),
5251			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5252			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5253			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5254					to be used for rebooting.
5255
5256	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5257			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5258			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5259			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5260			interference.
5261
5262	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5263			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5264			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5265			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5266			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5267			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5268			x86 laptops.
5269
5270	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5271			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5272			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5273			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5274
5275	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5276			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5277			the console log.
5278
5279	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5280			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5281			measured in microseconds.
5282
5283	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5284			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5285
5286	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5287			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5288			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5289			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5290			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5291
5292	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5293			Enable additional printk() statements.
5294
5295	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5296			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5297			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5298			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5299			specified.
5300
5301	relax_domain_level=
5302			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5303			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5304
5305	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5306			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5307			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5308			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5309			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5310
5311	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5312			Format: nn[KMG]
5313			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5314			address space.
5315
5316	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5317			during initialization.
5318
5319	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5320			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5321			Format:
5322			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5323
5324	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5325			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5326			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5327			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5328			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5329
5330	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5331			read the resume files
5332
5333	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5334			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5335			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5336
5337	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5338
5339	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5340			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5341			vulnerability.
5342
5343			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5344			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5345			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5346			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5347			that don't.
5348
5349			off          - no mitigation
5350			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5351			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5352				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5353				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5354				       and older without STIBP).
5355			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5356				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5357				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5358				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5359				       on Intel.
5360			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5361				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5362				       the alternative for systems which do not
5363				       have STIBP.
5364			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5365				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5366				       systems.
5367			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5368				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5369				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5370
5371			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5372			time according to the CPU.
5373
5374			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5375
5376	rfkill.default_state=
5377		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5378			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5379		1	Unblocked.
5380
5381	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5382		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5383		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5384			blocked and the previous configuration.
5385		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5386			blocked and everything unblocked.
5387
5388	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5389			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5390
5391	ring3mwait=disable
5392			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5393			CPUs.
5394
5395	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5396
5397	rodata=		[KNL]
5398		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5399		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5400		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5401		        [arm64]
5402
5403	rockchip.usb_uart
5404			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5405			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5406			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5407			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5408
5409	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5410			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
5411
5412	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5413			mount the root filesystem
5414
5415	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5416
5417	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5418
5419	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5420			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5421			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5422
5423	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5424			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5425			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5426			managed by CMA.
5427
5428	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5429
5430	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5431
5432	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5433			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5434		strict
5435			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5436			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5437			which is faster.
5438
5439	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5440			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5441			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5442			factor of the size of main memory.
5443			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5444			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5445			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5446			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5447			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5448			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5449			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5450
5451	sa1100ir	[NET]
5452			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5453
5454	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5455
5456	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5457			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5458			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5459			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5460
5461	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5462			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5463			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5464			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5465			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5466			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5467			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5468			value.
5469			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5470			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5471				1			64 ms
5472				2			128 ms
5473			and so on.
5474			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5475			Default is 0.
5476
5477	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5478			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5479			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5480			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5481			tests.
5482
5483	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5484			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5485			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5486			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5487			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5488			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5489			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5490
5491	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5492			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5493			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5494			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5495			equal to the number of CPUs.
5496
5497	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5498			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5499			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5500
5501	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5502			Number seconds to wait between successive
5503			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5504			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5505
5506	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5507			The number of seconds following the start of the
5508			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5509			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5510			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5511
5512	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5513			The number of seconds between outputting the
5514			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5515			of zero disables statistics output.
5516
5517	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5518			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5519			to the set of CPUs under test.
5520
5521	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5522			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5523			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5524			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5525			functions.
5526
5527	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5528			Enable additional printk() statements.
5529
5530	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5531			The probability weighting to use for the
5532			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5533			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5534			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5535			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5536			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5537
5538	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5539			The probability weighting to use for the
5540			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5541			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5542
5543	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5544			The probability weighting to use for the
5545			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5546			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5547			Note well that setting a high probability for
5548			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5549			on the system.
5550
5551	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5552			The probability weighting to use for the
5553			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5554			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5555			and weight_many.
5556
5557	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5558			The probability weighting to use for the
5559			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5560			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5561			weight_many.
5562
5563	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5564			The probability weighting to use for the
5565			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5566			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5567			and weight_many.
5568
5569	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5570			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5571			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5572			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5573			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5574			1 -- enable.
5575			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5576			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5577
5578	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5579			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5580			"lsm=" parameter.
5581
5582	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5583			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5584			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5585			0 -- disable.
5586			1 -- enable.
5587			Default value is 1.
5588
5589	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5590
5591	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5592
5593	shapers=	[NET]
5594			Maximal number of shapers.
5595
5596	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
5597			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
5598			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
5599			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
5600			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
5601			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
5602			apic=verbose is specified.
5603			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
5604
5605	simeth=		[IA-64]
5606	simscsi=
5607
5608	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5609
5610	slab_merge	[MM]
5611			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5612			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5613
5614	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5615			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5616			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5617			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5618			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5619			layout control by attackers can usually be
5620			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5621			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5622			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5623			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5624			own.
5625			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5626
5627	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5628			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5629			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5630			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5631			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5632
5633	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5634			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5635			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5636			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5637			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5638			last alloc / free. For more information see
5639			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5640
5641	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5642			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5643			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5644			fragmentation. For more information see
5645			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5646
5647	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5648			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5649			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5650			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5651			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5652			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5653			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5654			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5655
5656	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5657			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5658			lower than slub_max_order.
5659			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5660
5661	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5662			Same with slab_merge.
5663
5664	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5665			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5666			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5667
5668	smart2=		[HW]
5669			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5670
5671	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5672			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5673			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5674			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5675			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5676			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5677			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5678			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5679			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5680			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5681
5682	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5683	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5684	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5685	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5686	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5687	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5688	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5689				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5690				1: Fast pin select (default)
5691				2: ATC IRMode
5692
5693	smt=		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5694			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5695			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5696			actual hardware limit.
5697			Format: <integer>
5698			Default: -1 (no limit)
5699
5700	softlockup_panic=
5701			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5702			Format: 0 | 1
5703
5704			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5705			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5706			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5707			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5708			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5709
5710	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5711			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5712			backtraces on all cpus.
5713			Format: 0 | 1
5714
5715	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5716			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5717
5718	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5719			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5720			The default operation protects the kernel from
5721			user space attacks.
5722
5723			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5724			       spectre_v2_user=on
5725			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5726			       spectre_v2_user=off
5727			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5728			       vulnerable
5729
5730			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5731			mitigation method at run time according to the
5732			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5733			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5734			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5735
5736			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5737			against user space to user space task attacks.
5738
5739			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5740			the user space protections.
5741
5742			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5743
5744			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5745			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5746			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
5747			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
5748			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
5749			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
5750			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
5751			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
5752
5753			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5754			spectre_v2=auto.
5755
5756	spectre_v2_user=
5757			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5758		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5759		        user space tasks
5760
5761			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5762				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5763
5764			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5765				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5766
5767			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5768				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5769				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5770				  is inherited on fork.
5771
5772			prctl,ibpb
5773				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5774				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5775				  always when switching between different user
5776				  space processes.
5777
5778			seccomp
5779				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5780				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5781				  they explicitly opt out.
5782
5783			seccomp,ibpb
5784				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5785				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5786				  always when switching between different
5787				  user space processes.
5788
5789			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5790				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5791
5792			Default mitigation: "prctl"
5793
5794			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5795			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5796
5797	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5798			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5799			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5800
5801			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5802			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5803			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5804			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5805			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5806			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5807			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5808			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5809
5810			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5811			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5812			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5813			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5814
5815			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5816			Bypass optimization is used.
5817
5818			On x86 the options are:
5819
5820			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5821			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5822			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5823				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5824				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5825				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5826				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5827				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5828			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5829				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5830				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5831				  is inherited on fork.
5832			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5833				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5834
5835			Default mitigations:
5836			X86:	"prctl"
5837
5838			On powerpc the options are:
5839
5840			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5841				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5842				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5843				  exit.
5844			off	- No action.
5845
5846			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5847			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5848
5849	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5850	spia_fio_base=
5851	spia_pedr=
5852	spia_peddr=
5853
5854	split_lock_detect=
5855			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5856
5857			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5858			instructions that access data across cache line
5859			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5860			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5861			bus lock detection.
5862
5863			off	- not enabled
5864
5865			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5866				  about applications triggering the #AC
5867				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5868				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5869				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5870				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5871				  enabled in hardware.
5872
5873			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5874				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5875				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5876				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5877
5878			ratelimit:N -
5879				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5880				  per second for bus lock detection.
5881				  0 < N <= 1000.
5882
5883				  N/A for split lock detection.
5884
5885
5886			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5887			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5888			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5889			mode.
5890
5891			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5892			CPL > 0.
5893
5894	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5895			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5896			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5897
5898			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5899			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5900			number generator.
5901
5902			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5903			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5904			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5905			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5906			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5907
5908			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5909			the following option:
5910
5911			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5912				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5913
5914	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
5915			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
5916			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
5917			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
5918			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
5919			but takes effect only when the low-order four
5920			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
5921			(decide at boot).
5922
5923	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
5924			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
5925			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
5926			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
5927
5928				   0:  Never.
5929				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
5930				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
5931				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
5932				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
5933
5934			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
5935			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
5936			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
5937
5938	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5939			Specifies how frequently to check for
5940			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5941			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5942			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5943			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5944			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5945			are ignored.
5946
5947	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5948			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5949			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5950			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5951			grace period will be considered for automatic
5952			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5953			expediting.
5954
5955	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
5956			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
5957			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
5958			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
5959			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
5960			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
5961
5962	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
5963			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
5964			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
5965			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
5966			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
5967			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
5968
5969	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
5970			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
5971			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
5972
5973	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
5974			Specifies the number of update-side contention
5975			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
5976			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
5977			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
5978			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
5979			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
5980
5981	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5982			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5983
5984			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5985			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5986			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5987			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5988
5989			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5990				   for both kernel and userspace
5991			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5992				   for both kernel and userspace
5993			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5994				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5995				   to allow userspace to register its
5996				   interest in being mitigated too.
5997
5998	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5999			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6000			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6001			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6002			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6003			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6004
6005	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
6006			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6007			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6008			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6009			to false.
6010
6011	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6012			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6013
6014	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6015			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6016			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6017			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6018			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6019			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6020			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6021
6022	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
6023			Format: <num>
6024			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
6025			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
6026			as the initial boot-console.
6027			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6028
6029	sti_font=	[HW]
6030			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6031
6032	stifb=		[HW]
6033			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6034
6035        strict_sas_size=
6036			[X86]
6037			Format: <bool>
6038			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6039			against the required signal frame size which
6040			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6041			be used to filter out binaries which have
6042			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6043
6044	stress_hpt	[PPC]
6045			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
6046			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
6047			faults on kernel addresses.
6048
6049	stress_slb	[PPC]
6050			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
6051			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
6052			on kernel addresses.
6053
6054	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6055	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6056			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6057			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6058			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6059			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6060			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6061			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6062			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6063			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6064			maximum port values.
6065
6066	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6067			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6068			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6069			process in parallel from a single connection.
6070			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6071
6072	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6073			[NFS]
6074			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6075			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6076			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6077			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6078			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6079			NFS server is running.
6080
6081			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6082				    automatically using heuristics
6083			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6084			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6085			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6086				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6087
6088	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6089	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6090			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6091			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6092			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6093			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6094			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6095			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6096
6097	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6098			[SUSPEND]
6099			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6100			mode before resuming the system (see
6101			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6102			is set. Default value is 5.
6103
6104	svm=		[PPC]
6105			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6106			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6107			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6108
6109	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6110			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6111			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6112			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6113				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6114				 to a power of 2.
6115			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6116			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6117			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6118
6119	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6120
6121	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6122			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6123			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6124			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6125			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6126			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6127			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6128			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6129
6130	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
6131			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
6132			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
6133			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
6134			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
6135			in older udev will not work anymore.
6136			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
6137			the kernel configuration.
6138
6139	sysrq_always_enabled
6140			[KNL]
6141			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6142			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6143			Useful for debugging.
6144
6145	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6146			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6147			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6148			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6149			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6150			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6151
6152	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6153
6154	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6155			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6156			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6157			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6158			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6159			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6160			The system is woken from this state using a
6161			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6162
6163	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6164			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6165
6166	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6167			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6168			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6169
6170	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6171			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6172			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6173
6174	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
6175			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
6176			critical and hot trip points.
6177
6178	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6179			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6180
6181	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6182			-1: disable all passive trip points
6183			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6184			value
6185
6186	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6187			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6188			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6189			0: no polling (default)
6190
6191	threadirqs	[KNL]
6192			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6193			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6194
6195	topology=	[S390]
6196			Format: {off | on}
6197			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6198			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6199			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6200			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6201			Default is on.
6202
6203	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6204			Format: {off}
6205			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6206			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6207			LPAR.
6208
6209	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6210			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6211			until after init has spawned.
6212
6213	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6214			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6215			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6216			very costly operation when many torture tests
6217			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6218			with rotating-rust storage.
6219
6220	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6221			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6222			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6223			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6224
6225	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6226			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6227
6228	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6229
6230	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6231			Format: integer pcr id
6232			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6233			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6234			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6235			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6236			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6237			are saved.
6238
6239	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6240			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6241			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6242			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6243			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6244			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6245
6246			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6247			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6248			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6249			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6250
6251			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6252			to stop the printing of events to console at
6253			late_initcall_sync.
6254
6255			** CAUTION **
6256
6257			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6258			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6259			the system to live lock.
6260
6261	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6262			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6263			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6264			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6265			make the system inoperable.
6266
6267			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6268			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6269
6270	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6271			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6272
6273	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6274			at boot up.
6275			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6276				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6277				depending on the architecture, may not be
6278				in sync between CPUs.
6279			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6280				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6281				but better for some race conditions.
6282			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6283				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6284				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6285				once per event.
6286			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6287			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6288			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6289			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6290				stamps.
6291			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6292			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6293			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6294
6295	trace_event=[event-list]
6296			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6297			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6298			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6299			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6300
6301	trace_instance=[instance-info]
6302			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
6303			This will be listed in:
6304
6305				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
6306
6307			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
6308			via:
6309
6310				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
6311
6312			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
6313			unique.
6314
6315				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
6316
6317			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
6318			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
6319			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
6320
6321	trace_options=[option-list]
6322			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6323			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6324			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6325			to echo the option name into
6326
6327			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
6328
6329			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6330			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6331
6332			      trace_options=stacktrace
6333
6334			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6335			section.
6336
6337	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6338			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6339			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6340			filter.
6341
6342			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6343			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6344
6345			For example:
6346
6347			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6348
6349			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6350			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6351			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6352
6353			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6354
6355
6356	traceoff_on_warning
6357			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6358			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6359			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6360			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
6361
6362			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6363			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6364			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6365
6366			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6367			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6368
6369	transparent_hugepage=
6370			[KNL]
6371			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6372			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6373			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6374			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6375			for more details.
6376
6377	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6378			Format: <string>
6379			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6380			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6381			sources:
6382			- "tpm"
6383			- "tee"
6384			- "caam"
6385			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6386			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6387			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6388			successfully during iteration.
6389
6390	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6391			Format: <string>
6392			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6393			Can be one of:
6394			- "kernel"
6395			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6396			- "default"
6397			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6398			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6399
6400	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6401			Format: <string>
6402			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6403			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6404			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6405			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6406			virtualized environment.
6407			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6408			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6409			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6410			can add overhead.
6411			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6412			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6413			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6414			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6415			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6416			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6417			acceptable).
6418			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
6419			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
6420			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
6421			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
6422			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
6423			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
6424			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
6425			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
6426			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
6427			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
6428
6429	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6430			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6431			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6432			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6433			Format: <unsigned int>
6434
6435	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6436			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6437			support TSX control.
6438
6439			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6440
6441			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6442				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6443				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6444				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6445				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6446				with leaving it enabled.
6447
6448			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6449				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6450				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6451				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6452				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6453				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6454				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6455
6456			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6457				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6458
6459			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6460
6461			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6462			for more details.
6463
6464	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6465			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6466
6467			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6468			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6469			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6470			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6471			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6472			conditions.
6473
6474			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6475			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6476			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6477			access.
6478
6479			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6480			options are:
6481
6482			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6483				     if TSX is enabled.
6484
6485			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6486				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6487				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6488				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6489			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6490
6491			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6492			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6493			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6494			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6495
6496			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6497			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6498			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6499			required and doesn't provide any additional
6500			mitigation.
6501
6502			For details see:
6503			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6504
6505	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6506			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6507			Format:
6508			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6509			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6510
6511	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6512			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6513			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6514			help "seeing" what's going on.
6515
6516	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6517			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6518
6519	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6520			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6521			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6522			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6523			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6524			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6525			reported either.
6526
6527	unknown_nmi_panic
6528			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6529
6530	usbcore.authorized_default=
6531			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6532			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
6533			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6534			if device connected to internal port)
6535
6536	usbcore.autosuspend=
6537			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6538			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6539			is the time required before an idle device will be
6540			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6541			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6542
6543	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6544			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6545
6546	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6547			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6548			(default = 65536).
6549
6550	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6551			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6552
6553	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6554			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6555			scheme (default 0 = off).
6556
6557	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6558			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6559			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6560
6561	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6562			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6563			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6564
6565	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6566			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6567			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6568			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6569
6570	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6571
6572	usbcore.quirks=
6573			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6574			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6575			commas. Each entry has the form
6576			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6577			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6578			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6579			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6580			the following meanings:
6581				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6582					descriptors must not be fetched using
6583					a 255-byte read);
6584				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6585					correctly so reset it instead);
6586				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6587					Set-Interface requests);
6588				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6589					handle its Configuration or Interface
6590					strings);
6591				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6592					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6593				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6594					more interface descriptions than the
6595					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6596					talking to these interfaces);
6597				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6598					during initialization, after we read
6599					the device descriptor);
6600				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6601					high speed and super speed interrupt
6602					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6603					require the interval in microframes (1
6604					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6605					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6606					(bInterval-1).
6607					Devices with this quirk report their
6608					bInterval as the result of this
6609					calculation instead of the exponent
6610					variable used in the calculation);
6611				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6612					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6613					requests);
6614				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6615					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6616					remote wakeup capability);
6617				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6618					Power Management);
6619				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6620					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6621					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6622					calculation);
6623				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6624					to be disconnected before suspend to
6625					prevent spurious wakeup);
6626				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6627					pause after every control message);
6628				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6629					delay after resetting its port);
6630			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6631
6632	usbhid.mousepoll=
6633			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6634
6635	usbhid.jspoll=
6636			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6637
6638	usbhid.kbpoll=
6639			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6640
6641	usb-storage.delay_use=
6642			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6643			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6644
6645	usb-storage.quirks=
6646			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6647			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6648			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6649			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6650			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6651			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6652			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6653				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6654					of sense data, not on uas);
6655				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6656					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6657				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6658					device capacity by one sector);
6659				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6660					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6661				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6662					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6663				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6664					command, uas only);
6665				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6666					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6667				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6668					reported device capacity by one
6669					sector if the number is odd);
6670				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6671					device);
6672				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6673					command, uas only);
6674				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6675				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6676					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6677				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6678					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6679					not on uas);
6680				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6681					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6682				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6683					reported by the device, not on uas);
6684				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6685					by default, not on uas);
6686				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6687					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6688				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6689					Logical Unit);
6690				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6691					commands, uas only);
6692				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6693				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6694					medium is write-protected).
6695				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6696					even if the device claims no cache,
6697					not on uas)
6698			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6699
6700	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6701			Format: <int>
6702			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6703				 1 - undefined instruction events
6704				 2 - system calls
6705				 4 - invalid data aborts
6706				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6707				16 - SIGBUS faults
6708			Example: user_debug=31
6709
6710	userpte=
6711			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6712
6713				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6714					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6715					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6716
6717	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6718			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6719
6720			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6721			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6722
6723	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6724			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6725			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6726
6727			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6728			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6729			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6730
6731			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6732			alias for vdso32=0.
6733
6734			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6735			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6736
6737	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
6738			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6739
6740	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
6741			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6742
6743	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
6744			Format: [0|1]
6745			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6746			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6747			level and then send out the event to user space through
6748			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
6749			will only send out the event without touching backlight
6750			brightness level.
6751			default: 1
6752
6753	virtio_mmio.device=
6754			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6755
6756				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6757			where:
6758				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6759						like K, M and G)
6760				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6761				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6762						request_irq())
6763				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6764			example:
6765				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6766
6767			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6768
6769	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6770			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
6771			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6772			Use vga=ask for menu.
6773			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6774			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6775
6776	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6777			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6778			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6779			All options are enabled by default, and this
6780			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6781			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6782			debugging features.
6783
6784			Available options are:
6785			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6786			  -	Disable all of the above options
6787
6788	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6789			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6790			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6791			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6792			mapped kernel RAM.
6793
6794	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6795			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6796			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6797
6798	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6799			Format: <command>
6800
6801	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6802			Format: <command>
6803
6804	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6805			Format: <command>
6806
6807	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6808			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6809			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6810			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6811			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6812			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6813			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6814
6815			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
6816			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
6817				    readable.
6818
6819			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6820			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6821				    page is not readable.
6822
6823			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6824			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6825			            might break your system.
6826
6827	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6828			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6829			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6830
6831	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6832			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6833			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6834			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6835
6836	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6837			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6838			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6839			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6840			ranging from 0-255.
6841
6842	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6843			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6844			Change the default green palette of the console.
6845			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6846			ranging from 0-255.
6847
6848	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6849			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6850			Change the default red palette of the console.
6851			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6852			ranging from 0-255.
6853
6854	vt.default_utf8=
6855			[VT]
6856			Format=<0|1>
6857			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6858			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6859			newly opened terminals.
6860
6861	vt.global_cursor_default=
6862			[VT]
6863			Format=<-1|0|1>
6864			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6865			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6866			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6867			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6868			cursors, 1 will display them.
6869
6870	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6871			Default: 2 = green.
6872
6873	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6874			Default: 3 = cyan.
6875
6876	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6877			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6878			or other driver-specific files in the
6879			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6880
6881	watchdog_thresh=
6882			[KNL]
6883			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6884			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6885			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6886			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6887			seconds.
6888
6889	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6890			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6891			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6892			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6893			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6894			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6895			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6896			corresponding sysfs file.
6897
6898	workqueue.disable_numa
6899			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6900			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6901			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6902			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6903			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6904			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6905			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6906
6907	workqueue.power_efficient
6908			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6909			they show better performance thanks to cache
6910			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6911			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6912
6913			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6914			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6915			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6916			power usage at the cost of small performance
6917			overhead.
6918
6919			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6920			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6921
6922	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6923			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6924			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6925			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6926			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6927			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6928			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6929			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6930			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6931			impacted.
6932
6933	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6934			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6935			supporting x2apic.
6936
6937	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6938			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6939			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6940			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6941			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6942			domains.
6943
6944	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6945			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6946			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6947			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6948			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6949			nics -- unplug network devices
6950			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6951			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6952				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6953				the unplug protocol
6954			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6955
6956	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6957			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6958			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6959
6960	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
6961			Format: <bool>
6962			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
6963			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
6964			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
6965
6966	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6967			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6968			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6969			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6970
6971	xen_nopv	[X86]
6972			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6973			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6974			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6975			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6976
6977	xen_no_vector_callback
6978			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6979			event channel interrupts.
6980
6981	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6982			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6983			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6984			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6985			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6986
6987	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6988			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6989			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6990			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6991			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6992			more timer interrupts.
6993
6994	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
6995			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
6996			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
6997			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
6998			started with less memory configured than allowed at
6999			max. Default is 180.
7000
7001	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
7002			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
7003			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
7004
7005	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
7006			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
7007			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
7008
7009	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
7010			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
7011			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
7012			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
7013			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
7014			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
7015
7016	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
7017			Format:
7018			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
7019
7020	xive=		[PPC]
7021			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
7022			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
7023			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
7024
7025			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
7026				  controller on both pseries and powernv
7027				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
7028
7029	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
7030			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
7031			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
7032			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
7033			loads instead, as on POWER9.
7034
7035	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
7036			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
7037			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
7038			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
7039
7040	xmon		[PPC]
7041			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
7042			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
7043			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
7044			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
7045				debugger is called from setup_arch().
7046			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7047				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
7048				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
7049				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
7050			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7051				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
7052				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
7053				can be written using xmon commands.
7054			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
7055				memory, and other data can't be written using
7056				xmon commands.
7057			off	xmon is disabled.
7058
7059	amd_pstate=	[X86]
7060			disable
7061			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
7062			  scaling driver for the supported processors
7063			passive
7064			  Use amd_pstate as a scaling driver, driver requests a
7065			  desired performance on this abstract scale and the power
7066			  management firmware translates the requests into actual
7067			  hardware states (core frequency, data fabric and memory
7068			  clocks etc.)
7069			active
7070			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
7071			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
7072			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
7073			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
7074			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
7075			  frequency.
7076