1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=  [HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112                        GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113                        the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <int>
117			Support masking of GPEs numbered from 0x00 to 0x7f.
118
119	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
120			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
121			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
122			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
123			auto-serialization feature.
124			This feature is enabled by default.
125			This option allows to turn off the feature.
126
127	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
128			   kernels.
129
130	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
131			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
132			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
133			installed automatically and they will appear under
134			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
135			This option turns off this feature.
136			Note that specifying this option does not affect
137			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
138			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
139
140	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
141			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
142			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
143			second kernel for kdump.
144
145	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
146			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
147
148	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
149			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
150			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
151			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
152			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
153
154	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
155			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
156			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
157			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
158			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
159						  strings
160			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
161						  strings
162			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
163
164			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
165			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
166			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
167			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
168			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
169			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
170			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
171			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
172			care about the state of the feature group strings which
173			should be controlled by the OSPM.
174			Examples:
175			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
176			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
177			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
178
179			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
180			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
181			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
182			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
183			multiple times through kernel command line is also
184			meaningless.
185			Examples:
186			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
187			     FALSE.
188
189			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
190			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
191			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
192			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
193			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
194			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
195			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
196			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
197			is useful when one want to control the state of the
198			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
199			the OSPM features.
200			Examples:
201			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
202			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
203			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
204			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
205			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
206			     equivalent to
207			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
208			     and
209			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
210			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
211
212	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
213			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
214			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
215			and always returns good values.
216
217	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
218			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
219
220	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
221			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
222			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
223
224	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
225			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
226				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable }
227			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
228			s3_bios and s3_mode.
229			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
230			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
231			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
232			used during resume from hibernation.
233			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
234			control method, with respect to putting devices into
235			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
236			of _PTS is used by default).
237			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
238			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
239			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
240			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
241			but some broken systems don't work without it).
242
243	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
244			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
245			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
246
247	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
248			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
249
250	agp=		[AGP]
251			{ off | try_unsupported }
252			off: disable AGP support
253			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
254				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
255
256	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
257			See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
258
259	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
260			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
261			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
262			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
263
264	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
265			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
266			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
267			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
268			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
269			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
270			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
271
272			32: only for 32-bit processes
273			64: only for 64-bit processes
274			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
275			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
276
277	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
278			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
279			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
280			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
281			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
282			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
283
284	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
285			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
286			Possible values are:
287			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
288				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
289				    flushed before they will be reused, which
290				    is a lot of faster
291			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
292				    the system
293			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
294					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
295					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
296					  requirements as needed. This option
297					  does not override iommu=pt
298
299	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
300			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
301			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
302			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
303			IOMMU initialization.
304
305	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
306			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
307			remapping modes:
308			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
309			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
310			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
311			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
312			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
313
314	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
315			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
316			Format: <a>,<b>
317			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
318
319	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
320			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
321			connected to one of 16 gameports
322			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
323
324	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
325			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
326			Format: noidle
327			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
328			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
329			APC and your system crashes randomly.
330
331	apic=		[APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
332			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
333			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
334			Change the amount of debugging information output
335			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
336
337	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
338			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
339			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
340			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
341			      backup of CPU 0
342			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
343			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
344			      shot down by NMI
345
346	autoconf=	[IPV6]
347			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
348
349	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
350			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
351			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
352			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
353			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
354			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
355			apic=verbose is specified.
356			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
357
358	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
359			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
360
361	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
362			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
363
364	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
365
366	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
367
368	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
369			EzKey and similar keyboards
370
371	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
372
373	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
374			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
375
376	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
377			keyboards
378
379	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
380			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
381
382	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
383			Use software keyboard repeat
384
385	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
386			Format: { "0" | "1" } (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
387			0 - kernel audit is disabled and can not be enabled
388			    until the next reboot
389			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
390			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
391			1 - kernel audit is initialized and partially enabled,
392			    storing at most audit_backlog_limit messages in
393			    RAM until it is fully enabled by the userspace
394			    auditd.
395			Default: unset
396
397	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
398			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
399			Default: 64
400
401	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
402			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
403			Format: { "0" | "1" }
404			0 - Disable the BAU.
405			1 - Enable the BAU.
406			unset - Disable the BAU.
407
408	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
409			Format: <io>,<mode>
410
411	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
412			Format: <io>,<mode>
413			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
414
415	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
416			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
417			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
418			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
419
420	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
421			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
422			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
423			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
424
425	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
426			embedded devices based on command line input.
427			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
428
429	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
430			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
431			no delay (0).
432			Format: integer
433
434	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
435
436	bert_disable	[ACPI]
437			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
438
439	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
440	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
441			kernel args too.
442	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
443	bttv.tuner=
444
445	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
446			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
447			at a time.
448
449	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
450
451	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
452			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
453			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
454			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
455			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
456			This option provides an override for these situations.
457
458	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
459			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
460			trust validation.
461			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
462
463	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
464			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
465			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
466			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
467			others).
468
469	ccw_timeout_log [S390]
470			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
471
472	cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
473			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
474			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
475			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
476			  a single hierarchy
477			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
478			  subsystem
479			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
480			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
481			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
482
483	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable one, multiple, all cgroup controllers in v1
484			Format: { controller[,controller...] | "all" }
485			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
486			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
487
488	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
489			Format: <string>
490			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
491			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
492
493	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
494			Format: { "0" | "1" }
495			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
496			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
497				any implied execute protection).
498			1 -- check protection requested by application.
499			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
500			Value can be changed at runtime via
501				/selinux/checkreqprot.
502
503	cio_ignore=	[S390]
504			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
505	clk_ignore_unused
506			[CLK]
507			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
508			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
509			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
510			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
511			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
512			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
513			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
514			platform with proper driver support.  For more
515			information, see Documentation/clk.txt.
516
517	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
518			[Deprecated]
519			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
520			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
521			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
522			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
523
524	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
525			Format: <string>
526			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
527			with the name specified.
528			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
529			the platform:
530			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
531			[ACPI] acpi_pm
532			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
533				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
534			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
535				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
536			[MIPS] MIPS
537			[PARISC] cr16
538			[S390] tod
539			[SH] SuperH
540			[SPARC64] tick
541			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
542
543	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
544			[ARM,ARM64]
545			Format: <bool>
546			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
547			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
548			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
549			systems.
550
551	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
552			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
553			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
554			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
555			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
556			ones should be.
557			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
558			or using the feature without checking anything
559			will still see it. This just prevents it from
560			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
561			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
562			some critical bits.
563
564	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
565			[ARM,X86,KNL]
566			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
567			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
568			placement constraint by the physical address range of
569			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
570			altogether. For more information, see
571			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
572
573	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
574			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
575			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
576			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
577			a hypervisor.
578			Default: yes
579
580	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
581			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
582			allocations, by default set to 256K.
583
584	code_bytes	[X86] How many bytes of object code to print
585			in an oops report.
586			Range: 0 - 8192
587			Default: 64
588
589	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
590			Format:
591			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
592
593	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
594			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
595
596	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
597			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
598			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
599
600	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
601	conmode=
602
603	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
604
605		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
606
607		ttyS<n>[,options]
608		ttyUSB0[,options]
609			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
610			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
611			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
612			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
613			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
614
615			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
616			information.  See
617			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
618			alternative.
619
620		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
621		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
622		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
623		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
624		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
625			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
626			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
627			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
628			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
629			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
630			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
631			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
632			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
633			the h/w is not re-initialized.
634
635		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
636			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
637
638                If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
639                device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
640			console=brl,ttyS0
641		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
642
643	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
644			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
645                       Defaults to 0.
646
647	coredump_filter=
648			[KNL] Change the default value for
649			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
650			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
651
652	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
653			[ARM,ARM64]
654			Format: <bool>
655			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
656			0: default value, disable debugging
657			1: enable debugging at boot time
658
659	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
660			disable the cpuidle sub-system
661
662	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
663			disable the cpufreq sub-system
664
665	cpu_init_udelay=N
666			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
667			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
668			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
669			Default: 10000
670
671	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
672			Format:
673			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
674
675	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
676			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
677			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
678			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
679			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
680			is selected automatically. Check
681			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
682
683	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
684			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
685			in the running system. The syntax of range is
686			start-[end] where start and end are both
687			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
688			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
689
690	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
691			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
692			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
693			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
694			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
695			available.
696			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
697	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
698			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
699			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
700			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
701			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
702			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
703			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
704			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
705			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
706			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
707			for second kernel instead.
708			0: to disable low allocation.
709			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
710			or memory reserved is below 4G.
711
712	crossrelease_fullstack
713			[KNL] Allow to record full stack trace in cross-release
714
715	cryptomgr.notests
716                        [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
717
718	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
719			Format: <dma>
720
721	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
722			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
723
724	dasd=		[HW,NET]
725			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
726
727	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
728			(one device per port)
729			Format: <port#>,<type>
730			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
731
732	ddebug_query=   [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
733			time. See
734			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
735			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
736
737	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
738
739	debug_locks_verbose=
740			[KNL] verbose self-tests
741			Format=<0|1>
742			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
743			self-tests.
744			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
745			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
746			only useful to kernel developers.
747
748	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
749
750	no_debug_objects
751			[KNL] Disable object debugging
752
753	debug_guardpage_minorder=
754			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
755			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
756			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
757			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
758			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
759			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
760			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
761			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
762			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
763			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
764			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
765			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
766			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
767			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
768			bypassed) which are not detectable by
769			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
770			tracking down these problems.
771
772	debug_pagealloc=
773			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
774			parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
775			default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
776			chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
777			it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
778			with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
779			on: enable the feature
780
781	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
782
783	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
784			Format: <area>[,<node>]
785			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
786
787	default_hugepagesz=
788			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
789			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
790			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
791			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
792			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
793			if not specified.
794
795	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
796			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
797
798	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
799			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
800			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
801			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
802			miss to occur.
803
804	disable=	[IPV6]
805			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
806
807	disable_radix	[PPC]
808			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
809
810	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
811			Format: <int>
812			The number of initial APIC ID for the
813			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
814			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
815			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
816			causing system reset or hang due to sending
817			INIT from AP to BSP.
818
819	disable_ddw     [PPC/PSERIES]
820			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
821			to workaround buggy firmware.
822
823	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
824			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
825
826	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
827			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
828			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
829			entry later. This parameter disables that.
830
831	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
832			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
833			memory out of your available memory pool based on
834			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
835			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
836
837	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
838			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
839			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
840
841	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
842
843	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
844			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
845
846	dma_debug_entries=<number>
847			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
848			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
849			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
850			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
851			architectural default is too low.
852
853	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
854			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
855			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
856			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
857			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
858			driver later using sysfs.
859
860	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
861			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
862			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
863			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
864			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
865			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
866			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
867			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
868			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
869			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
870			available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
871			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
872			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
873			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
874			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
875			data set with no connector name will be used for
876			any connectors not explicitly specified.
877
878	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
879
880	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
881			Format: {"off" | "known"}
882			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
883			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
884			exists).
885			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
886			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
887			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
888
889	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
890			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
891			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
892			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
893
894	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
895	module.dyndbg[="val"]
896			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
897			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
898			for details.
899
900	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
901			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
902			information about the feature.
903
904	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
905			in some Intel CPUs.
906
907	module.async_probe [KNL]
908			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
909
910	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
911			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
912			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
913			which are not unmapped.
914
915	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
916
917			When used with no options, the early console is
918			determined by the stdout-path property in device
919			tree's chosen node.
920
921		cdns,<addr>[,options]
922			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
923			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
924			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
925			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
926			configured.
927
928		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
929		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
930		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
931		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
932		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
933			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
934			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
935			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
936			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
937			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
938			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
939			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
940			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
941
942		pl011,<addr>
943		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
944			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
945			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
946			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
947			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
948			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
949			the device registers.
950
951		meson,<addr>
952			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
953			port at the specified address. The serial port must
954			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
955			supported.
956
957		msm_serial,<addr>
958			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
959			port at the specified address. The serial port
960			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
961			yet supported.
962
963		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
964			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
965			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
966			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
967			yet supported.
968
969		owl,<addr>
970			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
971			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
972			specified address. The serial port must already be
973			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
974
975		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
976
977		s3c2410,<addr>
978		s3c2412,<addr>
979		s3c2440,<addr>
980		s3c6400,<addr>
981		s5pv210,<addr>
982		exynos4210,<addr>
983			Use early console provided by serial driver available
984			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
985			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
986			serial port must already be setup and configured.
987			Options are not yet supported.
988
989		lantiq,<addr>
990			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
991			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
992			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
993			yet supported.
994
995		lpuart,<addr>
996		lpuart32,<addr>
997			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
998			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
999			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1000			port must already be setup and configured.
1001
1002		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1003			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1004			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1005			address. The serial port must already be setup
1006			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1007
1008	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k,S390]
1009			earlyprintk=vga
1010			earlyprintk=efi
1011			earlyprintk=sclp
1012			earlyprintk=xen
1013			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1014			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1015			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1016			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1017			earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1018			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1019
1020			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1021			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1022			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1023
1024			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1025			takes over.
1026
1027			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1028			be used at a time.
1029
1030			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1031			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1032			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1033			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1034				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1035			You can find the port for a given device in
1036			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1037				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1038
1039			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1040			very good.
1041
1042			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1043			the real console.
1044
1045			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1046
1047			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1048
1049	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1050			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1051			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1052			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1053			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1054			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1055			default: on.
1056
1057	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1058			ekgdboc=kbd
1059
1060			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1061			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1062
1063	edd=		[EDD]
1064			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1065
1066	efi=		[EFI]
1067			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1068			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1069			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1070			default.
1071			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1072			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1073			firmware implementations.
1074			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1075			debug: enable misc debug output
1076
1077	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1078			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1079			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1080			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1081			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1082
1083	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1084			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1085			updating original EFI memory map.
1086			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1087			from ss to ss+nn.
1088			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1089			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1090			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1091			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1092
1093			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1094			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1095			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1096			doesn't support it.
1097
1098	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1099			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1100			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1101			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1102			Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
1103
1104
1105	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1106			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1107
1108	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1109			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1110			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1111
1112	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
1113			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
1114			See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
1115			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
1116
1117	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1118			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1119			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1120			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1121			See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
1122
1123	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1124			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1125			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1126			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1127
1128	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1129			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1130			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1131			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1132			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1133
1134	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1135			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1136			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1137			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1138			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1139			Default value is 0.
1140			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1141
1142	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1143			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1144			support.
1145
1146	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1147			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1148			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1149
1150	evm=		[EVM]
1151			Format: { "fix" }
1152			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1153			current integrity status.
1154
1155	failslab=
1156	fail_page_alloc=
1157	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1158			General fault injection mechanism.
1159			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1160			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1161
1162	floppy=		[HW]
1163			See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
1164
1165	force_pal_cache_flush
1166			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1167			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1168			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1169			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1170
1171	forcepae [X86-32]
1172			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1173			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1174			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1175			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1176			and may cause unknown problems.
1177
1178	ftrace=[tracer]
1179			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1180			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1181			boot debugging.
1182
1183	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1184			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1185			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1186			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1187			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1188			oops.
1189
1190	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1191			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1192			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1193			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1194			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1195			tracing directory.
1196
1197	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1198			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1199			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1200			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1201			tracing directory.
1202
1203	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1204			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1205			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1206			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1207			that can be changed at run time by the
1208			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1209
1210	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1211			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1212			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1213			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1214			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1215
1216	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1217			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1218			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1219			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1220			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1221
1222	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1223			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1224			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1225			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1226			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1227
1228	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1229
1230	gart_fix_e820=  [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1231			Format: off | on
1232			default: on
1233
1234	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1235			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1236			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1237			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1238			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1239
1240	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1241			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1242			android emulator
1243
1244	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1245			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1246			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1247			GPT to be used instead.
1248
1249	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1250			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1251			Format: 0 | 1
1252			Default: 0
1253	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1254			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1255			Format: 0 | 1
1256			Default: 0
1257	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1258			Format: 0 | 1
1259			Default: 0
1260	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1261			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1262			Default: 1024
1263	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1264			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1265			Default: 1024
1266
1267	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1268			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1269			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1270
1271	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1272			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1273			backtraces on all cpus.
1274			Format: <integer>
1275
1276	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1277			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1278			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1279			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1280
1281	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1282
1283	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1284			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1285
1286	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1287			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1288			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1289			logic will be disabled.
1290
1291	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1292			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1293			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1294			size on bigger boxes.
1295
1296	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1297			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1298			Default: "on"
1299
1300	hisax=		[HW,ISDN]
1301			See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1302
1303	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1304
1305	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1306			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1307				verbose }
1308			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1309			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1310				VIA, nVidia)
1311			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1312
1313	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1314			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1315
1316	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1317	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1318			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1319			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1320			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1321			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1322			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1323
1324	hvc_iucv=	[S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1325			       terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1326	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1327			       If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1328			       from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1329
1330	hwthread_map=	[METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
1331			        hardware thread id mappings.
1332				Format: <cpu>:<hwthread>
1333
1334	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1335			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1336			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1337			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1338			the real console.
1339
1340	i2c_bus=	[HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1341			     or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1342			     registered from board initialization code.
1343			     Format:
1344			     <bus_id>,<clkrate>
1345
1346	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1347	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1348			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1349			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1350			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1351	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1352	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1353			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1354			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1355	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1356	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1357	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1358			     for the AUX port
1359	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1360			     controller
1361	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1362			     controllers
1363	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1364	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1365			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1366			     transitions, or never reset
1367			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1368			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1369			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1370			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1371			architectures force reset to be always executed
1372	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1373	i8042.kbdreset  [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1374
1375	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1376
1377	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1378			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1379			hardware.
1380	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1381			does not match list of supported models.
1382	i8k.power_status
1383			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1384			(disabled by default)
1385	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1386			capability is set.
1387
1388	i915.invert_brightness=
1389			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1390			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1391			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1392			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1393			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1394			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1395			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1396			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1397			value switches the backlight off.
1398			-1 -- never invert brightness
1399			 0 -- machine default
1400			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1401
1402	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1403			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1404
1405	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1406			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1407			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1408			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1409			See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
1410
1411	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1412			Format: <int>
1413			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1414			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1415			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1416			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1417			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1418			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1419			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1420			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1421			was 0x3.
1422
1423	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1424			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1425
1426	idle=		[X86]
1427			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1428			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1429			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1430			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1431			Not recommended.
1432			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1433			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1434			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1435
1436	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1437			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1438			Default: strict
1439
1440			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1441			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1442			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1443			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1444			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1445			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1446			encoding mode.
1447
1448			Available settings are as follows:
1449			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1450				supported by the FPU
1451			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1452				by the FPU
1453			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1454				by the FPU
1455			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1456				supported by the FPU
1457
1458			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1459			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1460			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1461			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1462			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1463			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1464			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1465			MIPS64 CPUs.
1466
1467			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1468			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1469			except where unsupported by hardware.
1470
1471	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1472			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1473			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1474			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1475			could change it dynamically, usually by
1476			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1477
1478	ignore_rlimit_data
1479			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1480			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1481			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1482
1483	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1484			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1485
1486	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1487			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1488			default: "enforce"
1489
1490	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1491			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1492			owned by uid=0.
1493
1494	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1495			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1496			measurements, instead of host native format.
1497
1498	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1499			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1500				   | sha512 | ... }
1501			default: "sha1"
1502
1503			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1504			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1505
1506	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1507			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1508			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot"
1509
1510			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1511			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1512			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1513			uid=0.
1514
1515			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1516			all files owned by root. (This is the equivalent
1517			of ima_appraise_tcb.)
1518
1519			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1520			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1521			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1522
1523	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1524			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1525			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1526			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1527			opened for read by uid=0.
1528
1529	ima_template=   [IMA]
1530			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1531			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1532			Default: "ima-ng"
1533
1534	ima_template_fmt=
1535	                [IMA] Define a custom template format.
1536			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1537
1538	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1539			Format: <min_file_size>
1540			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1541			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1542
1543			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1544			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1545			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1546
1547	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1548			Format: <bufsize>
1549			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1550
1551			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1552			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1553			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1554
1555	init=		[KNL]
1556			Format: <full_path>
1557			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1558			process.
1559
1560	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1561			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1562			startup.
1563
1564	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1565			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1566			modules and initcalls.
1567
1568	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1569
1570	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1571			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1572			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1573			override in debugfs after boot.
1574
1575	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1576			Format: <irq>
1577
1578	int_pln_enable  [x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1579
1580	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1581			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1582			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1583			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1584
1585	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1586		on
1587			Enable intel iommu driver.
1588		off
1589			Disable intel iommu driver.
1590		igfx_off [Default Off]
1591			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1592			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1593			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1594			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1595			DMA.
1596		forcedac [x86_64]
1597			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1598			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1599			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1600			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1601			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1602			then look in the higher range.
1603		strict [Default Off]
1604			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1605			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1606			to batching them for performance.
1607		sp_off [Default Off]
1608			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1609			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1610			not be supported.
1611		ecs_off [Default Off]
1612			By default, extended context tables will be supported if
1613			the hardware advertises that it has support both for the
1614			extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
1615			this option set, extended tables will not be used even
1616			on hardware which claims to support them.
1617		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1618			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1619			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1620			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1621			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1622			mapping is enabled.
1623			Note that using this option lowers the security
1624			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1625			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1626
1627	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1628			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1629			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1630
1631	intel_pstate=  [X86]
1632		       disable
1633		         Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1634		         scaling driver for the supported processors
1635		       passive
1636			 Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1637			 to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1638			 enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1639			 used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1640			 feature.
1641		       force
1642			 Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1643			 in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1644			 instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1645			 as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1646			 P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1647			 should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1648			 processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1649			 or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1650		       no_hwp
1651		         Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1652			 if available.
1653		hwp_only
1654			Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1655			hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1656		support_acpi_ppc
1657			Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1658			Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1659			profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1660			then this feature is turned on by default.
1661		per_cpu_perf_limits
1662			Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1663			cpufreq sysfs interface
1664
1665	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1666			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1667			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1668			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1669			no_x2apic_optout
1670				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1671			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1672
1673	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1674		strict	regions from userspace.
1675		relaxed
1676
1677	iommu=		[x86]
1678		off
1679		force
1680		noforce
1681		biomerge
1682		panic
1683		nopanic
1684		merge
1685		nomerge
1686		forcesac
1687		soft
1688		pt		[x86, IA-64]
1689		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1690			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1691
1692	iommu.passthrough=
1693			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1694			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1695			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1696			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1697			unset - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1698
1699	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1700			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1701			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1702
1703	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1704		0x80
1705			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1706		0xed
1707			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1708		udelay
1709			Simple two microseconds delay
1710		none
1711			No delay
1712
1713	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1714			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1715
1716	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1717			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1718
1719	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1720			[ARM, ARM64]
1721			Format: <bool>
1722			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1723			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1724			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1725
1726	irqfixup	[HW]
1727			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1728			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1729			firmware running.
1730
1731	irqpoll		[HW]
1732			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1733			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1734			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1735			firmware running.
1736
1737	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1738			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1739
1740	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1741			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1742			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1743
1744			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1745			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1746
1747			nohz
1748			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1749			domain
1750			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1751			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1752			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1753			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1754			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1755			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1756			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1757			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1758
1759			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1760			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1761			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1762			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1763
1764			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1765
1766
1767
1768	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1769
1770	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1771			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1772			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1773			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1774			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1775				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1776
1777	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1778			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1779			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1780			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1781			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1782				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1783
1784	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1785			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1786			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1787			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1788			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1789				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1790
1791	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1792			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1793
1794	nokaslr		[KNL]
1795			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1796			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1797			Layout Randomization).
1798
1799	kasan_multi_shot
1800			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1801			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1802			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1803			invalid access.
1804
1805	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1806
1807	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1808			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | "mirror"
1809			This parameter
1810			specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
1811			for non-movable allocations.  The requested amount is
1812			spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
1813			remaining memory in each node is used for Movable
1814			pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both
1815			kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will
1816			take priority and other nodes will have a larger number
1817			of Movable pages.  The Movable zone is used for the
1818			allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved
1819			by the page migration subsystem.  This means that
1820			HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone.
1821			Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still
1822			use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1823			zone if it does not.
1824
1825			Instead of specifying the amount of memory (nn[KMGTPE]),
1826			you can specify "mirror" option. In case "mirror"
1827			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1828			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1829			for Movable pages. nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" are exclusive,
1830			so you can NOT specify nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" at the same
1831			time.
1832
1833	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1834			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1835			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1836			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1837			optional and is the number seconds in between
1838			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1839			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1840			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
1841			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1842			the kernel debugger.
1843
1844	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1845			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1846			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1847			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1848			 keyboard only format: kbd
1849			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1850			Optional Kernel mode setting:
1851			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1852			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1853
1854	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1855			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1856
1857	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1858			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1859			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1860
1861	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1862			Valid arguments: on, off
1863			Default: on
1864			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
1865			the default is off.
1866
1867	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1868			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1869
1870	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1871			KVM MMU at runtime.
1872			Default is 0 (off)
1873
1874	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
1875			Default is 1 (enabled)
1876
1877	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
1878			for all guests.
1879			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
1880
1881	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
1882			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
1883			system registers
1884
1885	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
1886			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
1887			system registers
1888
1889	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
1890			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
1891			system registers
1892
1893	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
1894			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
1895			LPIs.
1896
1897	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
1898			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
1899			Default is 1 (enabled)
1900
1901	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
1902			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
1903			Default is 0 (disabled)
1904
1905	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
1906			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
1907			Default is 1 (enabled)
1908
1909	kvm-intel.nested=
1910			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
1911			Default is 0 (disabled)
1912
1913	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
1914			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
1915			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
1916			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
1917
1918	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
1919			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
1920			Default is 1 (enabled)
1921
1922	l2cr=		[PPC]
1923
1924	l3cr=		[PPC]
1925
1926	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
1927			disabled it.
1928
1929	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
1930			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
1931			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
1932
1933	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
1934			in C2 power state.
1935
1936	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
1937			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
1938			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
1939			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
1940			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
1941			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
1942			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
1943
1944	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
1945			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
1946			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
1947
1948	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
1949			when set.
1950			Format: <int>
1951
1952	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
1953			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
1954			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
1955			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
1956			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
1957			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
1958			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
1959			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
1960
1961			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
1962			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
1963			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
1964			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
1965			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
1966			host link and device attached to it.
1967
1968			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
1969			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
1970			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
1971			The following configurations can be forced.
1972
1973			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
1974			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
1975
1976			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
1977
1978			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
1979			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
1980			  allowed.
1981
1982			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
1983
1984			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
1985
1986			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
1987                          and both resets.
1988
1989			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
1990			  hot-unplug link recovery
1991
1992			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
1993
1994			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
1995
1996			* disable: Disable this device.
1997
1998			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
1999			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2000
2001	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2002
2003	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2004			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
2005
2006	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2007			Format: <integer>
2008
2009	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2010			Format: <integer>
2011
2012	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2013			Format: <integer>
2014
2015	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2016			Format: <integer>
2017
2018	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2019			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2020			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2021			number of online CPUs.
2022
2023	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2024			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2025
2026	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2027			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2028
2029	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2030			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2031			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2032
2033	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2034			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2035			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2036			mode during the locktorture test.
2037
2038	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2039			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2040			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2041
2042	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2043			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2044
2045	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2046			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2047			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2048			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2049			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2050			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2051
2052	locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
2053			Start locktorture running at boot time.
2054
2055	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2056			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2057
2058	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2059			Enable additional printk() statements.
2060
2061	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2062			Format: <irq>
2063
2064	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2065			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2066			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2067			loglevels are defined as follows:
2068
2069			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2070			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2071			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2072			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2073			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2074			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2075			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2076			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2077
2078	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2079			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2080			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2081			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2082			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2083			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2084			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2085
2086	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2087			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2088			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2089			kernel boot problems.
2090
2091	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2092	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2093	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2094	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2095				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2096				attached printers to be reset. Using
2097				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2098				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2099				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2100				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2101				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2102				port specification list means that device IDs
2103				from each port should be examined, to see if
2104				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2105				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2106				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2107
2108	lpj=n		[KNL]
2109			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2110			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2111			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2112			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2113			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2114			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2115			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2116			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2117			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2118			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2119			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2120			hardware.
2121
2122	ltpc=		[NET]
2123			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2124
2125	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2126			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2127			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
2128
2129	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2130			 yeeloong laptop.
2131			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2132
2133	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2134			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2135
2136	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2137			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2138			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2139			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2140			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2141			only takes effect during system bootup.
2142			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2143			which also disables the IO APIC.
2144
2145	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2146	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2147			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2148			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2149			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2150			/dev/loop-control interface.
2151
2152	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2153
2154	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
2155
2156	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2157			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2158
2159	mdacon=		[MDA]
2160			Format: <first>,<last>
2161			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2162
2163	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2164			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2165			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2166			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2167			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2168			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2169			belonging to unused RAM.
2170
2171	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2172			memory.
2173
2174	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2175			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2176			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2177
2178        memhp_default_state=online/offline
2179			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2180			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2181			set according to the
2182			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2183			option.
2184			See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
2185
2186	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2187			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2188			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2189			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2190			option description.
2191
2192	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2193			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2194			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2195			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2196			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2197			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2198			comma delimited.
2199			Example:
2200				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2201
2202	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2203			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2204			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2205
2206	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2207			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2208			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2209			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2210			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2211			         or
2212			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2213			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2214			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2215			will be eaten.
2216
2217	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2218			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2219			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2220			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2221			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2222
2223	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2224			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2225			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2226			Setting this option will scan the memory
2227			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2228			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2229			from using the memory being corrupted.
2230			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2231			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2232			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2233			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2234
2235	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2236			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2237			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2238			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2239			corruption in more or less memory.
2240
2241	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2242			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2243			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2244			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2245
2246	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM] Enable memtest
2247			Format: <integer>
2248			default : 0 <disable>
2249			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2250			performed. Each pass selects another test
2251			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2252			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2253			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2254			regions that are detected.
2255
2256	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2257			Valid arguments: on, off
2258			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2259			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2260			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2261			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2262			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2263
2264			Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
2265			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2266
2267	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2268			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2269			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2270			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2271			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2272
2273	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2274			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2275
2276	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2277			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2278			platforms.
2279
2280	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2281			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2282			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2283			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2284
2285	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2286
2287	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2288			physical address is ignored.
2289
2290	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2291			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2292			Default: "0tb"
2293			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2294			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2295			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2296			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2297			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2298			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2299			unconfigured.
2300			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2301			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2302			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2303			VGA shield.
2304			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2305			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2306			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2307			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2308			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2309			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2310
2311	mminit_loglevel=
2312			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2313			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2314			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2315			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2316			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2317			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2318
2319	module.sig_enforce
2320			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2321			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2322			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2323			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2324
2325	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2326			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2327
2328	mousedev.tap_time=
2329			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2330			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2331			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2332			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2333			Format: <msecs>
2334	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2335			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2336	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2337			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2338
2339	movablecore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
2340			is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
2341			amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
2342			If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
2343			then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
2344			value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
2345			is specified, the administrator must be careful
2346			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2347			is not too small.
2348
2349	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2350			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2351			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2352			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2353			allocations. Use with caution!
2354
2355	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2356			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2357
2358	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2359			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2360
2361	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2362			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2363
2364	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2365			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2366			at a time.
2367
2368	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2369
2370			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2371
2372			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2373				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2374			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2375				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2376				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2377
2378	mtdset=		[ARM]
2379			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2380
2381			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2382
2383	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2384			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2385			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2386
2387	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2388			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2389			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2390
2391	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2392			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2393			Default is 1.
2394			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2395			using up MTRRs.
2396
2397	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2398			Format: <integer>
2399			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2400			Default : 1
2401			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2402			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2403
2404	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2405
2406	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2407			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2408			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2409			something different and driver-specific.
2410			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2411			file if at all.
2412
2413	nf_conntrack.acct=
2414			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2415			0 to disable accounting
2416			1 to enable accounting
2417			Default value is 0.
2418
2419	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2420			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2421
2422	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2423			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2424
2425	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2426			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2427
2428	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2429			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2430			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2431			requests.
2432
2433	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2434			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2435			channel should listen.
2436
2437	nfs.cache_getent=
2438			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2439			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2440
2441	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2442			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2443			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2444
2445	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2446			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2447			entries.
2448
2449	nfs.enable_ino64=
2450			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2451			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2452			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2453			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2454			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2455
2456	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2457			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2458			slots the client will assign to the callback
2459			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2460			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2461			a particular server.
2462
2463	nfs.max_session_slots=
2464			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2465			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2466			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2467			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2468			Note that there is little point in setting this
2469			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2470
2471	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2472			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2473			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2474			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2475			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2476			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2477			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2478			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2479			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2480			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2481			back to using the idmapper.
2482			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2483	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2484			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2485			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2486			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2487			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2488
2489	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2490			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2491			information in exchange_id requests.
2492			If zero, no implementation identification information
2493			will be sent.
2494			The default is to send the implementation identification
2495			information.
2496
2497	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2498			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2499			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2500			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2501			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2502			after the locks are lost.
2503			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2504			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2505			parameter to '1'.
2506			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2507			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2508
2509	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2510			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2511			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2512
2513			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2514			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2515			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2516			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2517
2518	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2519			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2520			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2521			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2522			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2523			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2524
2525	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2526			when a NMI is triggered.
2527			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2528
2529	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2530			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2531			Valid num: 0 or 1
2532			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2533			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2534			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2535			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
2536			default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2537			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2538			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2539			need the box quickly up again.
2540
2541	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2542			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2543			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2544			waits 4 seconds.
2545
2546	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2547			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2548			is present.
2549
2550	no_console_suspend
2551			[HW] Never suspend the console
2552			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2553			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2554			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2555			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2556			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2557			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2558			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2559			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2560			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2561			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2562			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2563			turn on/off it dynamically.
2564
2565	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2566			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2567			but will impact performance.
2568
2569	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2570
2571	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2572			(CPU alternatives feature).
2573
2574	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2575			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2576
2577	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2578
2579	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2580			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2581
2582	nocache		[ARM]
2583
2584	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2585
2586	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2587
2588	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2589
2590	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2591
2592	noexec		[IA-64]
2593
2594	noexec		[X86]
2595			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2596			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2597			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2598
2599	nosmap		[X86]
2600			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2601			even if it is supported by processor.
2602
2603	nosmep		[X86]
2604			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2605			even if it is supported by processor.
2606
2607	noexec32	[X86-64]
2608			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2609			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2610				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2611			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2612				read implies executable mappings
2613
2614	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2615
2616	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2617			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2618			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2619
2620	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2621
2622	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2623			Equivalent to smt=1.
2624
2625	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2626			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2627			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2628
2629	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2630			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2631			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2632			performance of saving the states is degraded because
2633			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2634			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2635
2636	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
2637			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
2638			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
2639			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
2640			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
2641			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
2642			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
2643
2644	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
2645			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
2646			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
2647
2648	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
2649			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
2650			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
2651
2652	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
2653			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
2654			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
2655			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
2656			in certain environments such as networked servers or
2657			real-time systems.
2658
2659	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
2660
2661	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
2662			Valid arguments: on, off
2663			Default: on
2664
2665	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT]
2666			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2667			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
2668			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
2669			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
2670			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
2671			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
2672			just as if they had also been called out in the
2673			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
2674
2675	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2676
2677	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
2678			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2679
2680	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
2681			broken timer IRQ sources.
2682
2683	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2684
2685	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2686			initial RAM disk.
2687
2688	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2689			remapping.
2690			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
2691
2692	nointroute	[IA-64]
2693
2694	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
2695
2696	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
2697
2698	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2699
2700	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2701			fault handling.
2702
2703	no-vmw-sched-clock
2704			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
2705			clock and use the default one.
2706
2707	no-steal-acc    [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2708			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2709			behaviour
2710
2711	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
2712
2713	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
2714
2715	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2716			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
2717
2718	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2719
2720	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
2721
2722	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2723			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2724
2725	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2726			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2727			irq.
2728
2729	nomodule	Disable module load
2730
2731	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2732			pagetables) support.
2733
2734	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
2735
2736	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
2737			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2738
2739	noreplace-paravirt	[X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
2740
2741	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
2742			with UP alternatives
2743
2744	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
2745			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
2746			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
2747			available to user space applications.
2748
2749	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2750			space.
2751
2752	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
2753			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2754			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2755
2756	nosbagart	[IA-64]
2757
2758	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
2759
2760	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2761			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
2762
2763	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2764
2765	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2766
2767	notsc		[BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
2768
2769	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
2770                        soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
2771
2772	nowb		[ARM]
2773
2774	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
2775
2776	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
2777			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
2778			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
2779			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
2780			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
2781			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
2782			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
2783			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
2784			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
2785			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
2786			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
2787			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
2788			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
2789
2790	nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
2791			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
2792			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
2793			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
2794			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
2795			parameter's value.
2796			Format: integer between 1 and 255
2797			Default: 255
2798
2799	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
2800			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
2801			SAL PALO.
2802
2803	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2804			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
2805			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
2806			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
2807			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
2808			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
2809			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
2810			hot plugging.
2811
2812	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
2813
2814	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
2815			Allowed values are enable and disable
2816
2817	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
2818			'node', 'default' can be specified
2819			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
2820			See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
2821
2822	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
2823			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
2824			info.
2825
2826	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
2827			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
2828			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
2829			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
2830			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
2831			interrupts *may* be lost!
2832
2833	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
2834			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
2835			For example, to override I2C bus2:
2836			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
2837
2838	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
2839			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
2840
2841	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
2842			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
2843			userland or if you want common events.
2844			Format: { arch_perfmon }
2845			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
2846				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
2847				CPU specific event set.
2848			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
2849				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
2850				for generic hr timer mode)
2851
2852	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
2853			process, but there is a small probability of
2854			deadlocking the machine.
2855			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
2856			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
2857
2858	OSS		[HW,OSS]
2859			See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
2860
2861	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
2862			Storage of the information about who allocated
2863			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
2864			we can turn it on.
2865			on: enable the feature
2866
2867	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
2868			poisoning on the buddy allocator.
2869			off: turn off poisoning
2870			on: turn on poisoning
2871
2872	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
2873			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
2874			timeout = 0: wait forever
2875			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
2876			Format: <timeout>
2877
2878	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
2879			on a WARN().
2880
2881	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
2882			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
2883			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
2884			succeeds in any situation.
2885			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
2886			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
2887			kernel more unstable.
2888
2889	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
2890			connected to, default is 0.
2891			Format: <parport#>
2892	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
2893			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
2894			Format: <mode>
2895
2896	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
2897			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
2898			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
2899			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
2900			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
2901			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
2902			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
2903			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
2904			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
2905			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
2906			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
2907			are specified on the command line, starting
2908			with parport0.
2909
2910	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
2911			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
2912			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
2913			computer where firmware has no options for setting
2914			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
2915			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
2916			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
2917
2918	pause_on_oops=
2919			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
2920			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
2921			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
2922
2923	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
2924
2925	pcd.		[PARIDE]
2926			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
2927			See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
2928
2929	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
2930		earlydump	[X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
2931			        changes anything
2932		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
2933		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
2934				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
2935				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
2936		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
2937				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
2938				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
2939				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
2940		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2941				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
2942				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
2943		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2944				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
2945				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
2946				bus number. The config space is then accessed
2947				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
2948				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
2949				on the configuration access mechanisms.
2950		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
2951				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2952				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
2953		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
2954				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
2955		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
2956				Configuration
2957		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
2958				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
2959				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
2960		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
2961				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2962				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
2963		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
2964				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
2965				should never be necessary.
2966		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
2967				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
2968				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
2969				when the system masks IRQs.
2970		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
2971				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
2972				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
2973				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
2974		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
2975				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
2976				on several machines and they hang the machine
2977				when used, but on other computers it's the only
2978				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
2979				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
2980				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
2981				motherboard.
2982		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
2983				Use with caution as certain devices share
2984				address decoders between ROMs and other
2985				resources.
2986		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
2987				expansion ROMs that do not already have
2988				BIOS assigned address ranges.
2989		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
2990				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
2991		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
2992				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
2993				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
2994				this way.
2995		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
2996				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
2997				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
2998				F0000h-100000h range.
2999		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3000				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3001				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3002				explicitly which ones they are.
3003		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3004				numbers ourselves, overriding
3005				whatever the firmware may have done.
3006		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3007				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3008				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3009				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3010				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3011				IRQ routing is enabled.
3012		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3013				or for PCI scanning.
3014		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3015				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3016				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3017				please report a bug.
3018		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3019			        If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3020		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3021				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3022				so this option is a temporary workaround
3023				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3024		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3025				handle more pci cards
3026		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3027				This might help on some broken boards which
3028				machine check when some devices' config space
3029				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3030				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3031		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3032				This sorting is done to get a device
3033				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3034		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3035		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3036				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3037		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3038				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3039		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3040				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3041				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3042				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3043				or bus can support) for best performance.
3044		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3045				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3046				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3047				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3048				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3049				that hot-added devices will work.
3050		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3051				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3052				The default value is 256 bytes.
3053		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3054				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3055				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3056		resource_alignment=
3057				Format:
3058				[<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
3059				[<order of align>@]pci:<vendor>:<device>\
3060						[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>][; ...]
3061				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3062				aligned memory resources.
3063				If <order of align> is not specified,
3064				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3065				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3066				windows need to be expanded.
3067				To specify the alignment for several
3068				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3069				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3070				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3071		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3072				end-to-end CRC checking).
3073				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3074				the default.
3075				off: Turn ECRC off
3076				on: Turn ECRC on.
3077		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3078				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3079				Default size is 256 bytes.
3080		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3081				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3082				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3083		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3084				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3085				Default is 1.
3086		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3087				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3088				accommodate resources required by all child
3089				devices.
3090				off: Turn realloc off
3091				on: Turn realloc on
3092		realloc		same as realloc=on
3093		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3094		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3095				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3096				port.
3097
3098	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3099			Management.
3100		off	Disable ASPM.
3101		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3102			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3103
3104	pcie_hp=	[PCIE] PCI Express Hotplug driver options:
3105		nomsi	Do not use MSI for PCI Express Native Hotplug (this
3106			makes all PCIe ports use INTx for hotplug services).
3107
3108	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe ports handling:
3109		auto	Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services
3110			associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER).  Use
3111			them only if that is allowed by the BIOS.
3112		native	Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports
3113			unconditionally.
3114		compat	Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe
3115			ports driver.
3116
3117	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3118		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3119		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3120
3121	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3122		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3123			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3124
3125	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3126
3127	pd_ignore_unused
3128			[PM]
3129			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3130			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3131			for debug and development, but should not be
3132			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3133
3134	pd.		[PARIDE]
3135			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3136
3137	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3138			boot time.
3139			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3140			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3141
3142	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3143			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3144			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3145			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3146			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3147			and performance comparison.
3148
3149	pf.		[PARIDE]
3150			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3151
3152	pg.		[PARIDE]
3153			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3154
3155	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3156			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
3157
3158	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3159			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3160			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3161
3162	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3163			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3164			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3165
3166	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3167			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3168			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3169			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3170			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3171			possible settings and some assignment information.
3172
3173	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3174			{ off }
3175
3176	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3177			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3178
3179	pnp_reserve_irq=
3180			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3181
3182	pnp_reserve_dma=
3183			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3184
3185	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3186			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3187
3188	pnp_reserve_mem=
3189			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3190			autoconfiguration.
3191			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3192
3193	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3194			Default is 21.
3195			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3196			may be specified.
3197			Format: <port>,<port>....
3198
3199	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3200			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3201			platform machine description specific power_save
3202			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3203			execution priority.
3204
3205	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3206			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3207			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3208			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3209			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3210
3211	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3212			Format: {"off"}
3213			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3214
3215	print-fatal-signals=
3216			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3217
3218			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3219			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3220			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3221			coredump - etc.
3222
3223			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3224			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3225
3226			default: off.
3227
3228	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3229			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3230			panics
3231			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3232			default: disabled
3233
3234	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3235			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3236			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3237			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3238			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3239			Default: ratelimit
3240
3241	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3242			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3243
3244	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3245			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3246			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3247
3248	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3249			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3250			instead using the legacy FADT method
3251
3252	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3253			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3254			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3255				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3256			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3257			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3258				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3259			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3260			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3261				statistical time based profiling.
3262
3263	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3264			before loading.
3265			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3266
3267	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3268			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3269	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3270			per second.
3271	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3272			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3273			(0 = never).
3274	psmouse.resolution=
3275			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3276	psmouse.smartscroll=
3277			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3278			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3279
3280	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3281
3282	pt.		[PARIDE]
3283			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3284
3285	pty.legacy_count=
3286			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3287			default number.
3288
3289	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3290
3291	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3292
3293	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3294			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3295
3296	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3297			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3298
3299	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3300
3301		cec_disable	[X86]
3302				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3303				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3304
3305	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3306			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3307
3308			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3309			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3310			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will
3311			be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for
3312			that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p"
3313			for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
3314			is the CPU number.  This reduces OS jitter on the
3315			offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
3316			real-time workloads.  It can also improve energy
3317			efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3318
3319	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3320			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3321			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3322			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3323			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3324			This improves the real-time response for the
3325			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3326			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3327			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3328			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3329
3330	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3331			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3332			process in one batch.
3333
3334	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3335			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3336			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3337			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3338
3339	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3340			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3341			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3342
3343	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3344			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3345			RCU grace-period initialization.
3346
3347	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3348			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3349			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3350			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3351			the rcu_node combining tree.
3352
3353	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3354			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3355			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3356			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3357			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3358
3359	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3360			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3361			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3362			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3363			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3364			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3365			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3366
3367	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3368			Set required age in jiffies for a
3369			given grace period before RCU starts
3370			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3371			rcu_note_context_switch().
3372
3373	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3374			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3375			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3376			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3377			and maximum value is HZ.
3378
3379	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3380			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3381			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3382			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3383
3384	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3385			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3386			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3387			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3388			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3389			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3390			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3391			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3392			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3393			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3394
3395	rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
3396			Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
3397			defaults to the square root of the number of
3398			CPUs.  Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
3399			on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
3400			that same overhead on each group's leader.
3401
3402	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3403			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3404			batch limiting is disabled.
3405
3406	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3407			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3408			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3409
3410	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3411			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3412			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3413
3414	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3415			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3416			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3417			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3418			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3419
3420	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3421			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3422			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3423			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3424			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3425			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3426
3427	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3428			Measure performance of asynchronous
3429			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3430
3431	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3432			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3433			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3434			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3435			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3436			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3437
3438	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3439			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3440			grace-period primitives.
3441
3442	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3443			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3444			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3445			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3446			interference.
3447
3448	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3449			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3450			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3451			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3452			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3453			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3454			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3455			a single reader.
3456
3457	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3458			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3459			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3460			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3461
3462	rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
3463			Start rcuperf running at boot time.
3464
3465	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3466			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3467
3468	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3469			Shut the system down after performance tests
3470			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3471			testing.
3472
3473	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3474			Enable additional printk() statements.
3475
3476	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3477			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3478			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3479			no holdoff.
3480
3481	rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
3482			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3483			callback-flood tests.
3484
3485	rcutorture.cbflood_intra_holdoff= [KNL]
3486			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3487			bursts of callbacks within a given callback-flood
3488			test.
3489
3490	rcutorture.cbflood_n_burst= [KNL]
3491			Set the number of bursts making up a given
3492			callback-flood test.  Set this to zero to
3493			disable callback-flood testing.
3494
3495	rcutorture.cbflood_n_per_burst= [KNL]
3496			Set the number of callbacks to be registered
3497			in a given burst of a callback-flood test.
3498
3499	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3500			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3501			in microseconds.
3502
3503	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3504			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3505			in microseconds.
3506
3507	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3508			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3509			in seconds.
3510
3511	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3512			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3513			primitives, if available.
3514
3515	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3516			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3517
3518	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3519			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3520			update-side primitives, if available.
3521
3522	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3523			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3524			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3525			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3526			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3527			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3528			they are all non-zero.
3529
3530	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3531			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3532
3533	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3534			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
3535			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3536			test, hence the "fake".
3537
3538	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3539			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3540			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3541			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3542			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3543			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3544
3545	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
3546			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
3547
3548	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3549			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3550
3551	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3552			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3553			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3554
3555	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3556			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
3557			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
3558			during the rcutorture test.
3559
3560	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3561			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3562			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3563
3564	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
3565			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
3566			warnings, zero to disable.
3567
3568	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
3569			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
3570
3571	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
3572			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
3573
3574	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3575			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3576
3577	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
3578			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
3579			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
3580			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
3581			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
3582
3583	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
3584			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
3585			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
3586			under test support RCU priority boosting.
3587
3588	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
3589			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
3590
3591	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
3592			Interval (s) between each boost test.
3593
3594	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
3595			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
3596			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
3597
3598	rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
3599			Start rcutorture running at boot time.
3600
3601	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3602			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3603
3604	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
3605			Enable additional printk() statements.
3606
3607	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
3608			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3609
3610	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3611			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3612
3613	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
3614			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
3615			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
3616			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
3617			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
3618			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
3619			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3620
3621	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
3622			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
3623			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
3624			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
3625			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
3626			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
3627			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
3628			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
3629			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3630
3631	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
3632			Once boot has completed (that is, after
3633			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
3634			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
3635			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3636
3637	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3638			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
3639			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
3640			to zero.
3641
3642	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
3643			Run the RCU early boot self tests
3644
3645	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh= [KNL]
3646			Run the RCU bh early boot self tests
3647
3648	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched= [KNL]
3649			Run the RCU sched early boot self tests
3650
3651	rdinit=		[KNL]
3652			Format: <full_path>
3653			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
3654			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
3655
3656	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
3657			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
3658			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba.
3659			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
3660				rdt=cmt,!mba
3661
3662	reboot=		[KNL]
3663			Format (x86 or x86_64):
3664				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
3665				[[,]s[mp]#### \
3666				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
3667				[[,]f[orce]
3668			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
3669			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
3670			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
3671			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
3672					to be used for rebooting.
3673
3674	relax_domain_level=
3675			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
3676			See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
3677
3678	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
3679
3680	reservetop=	[X86-32]
3681			Format: nn[KMG]
3682			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
3683			address space.
3684
3685	reservelow=	[X86]
3686			Format: nn[K]
3687			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
3688			the bottom of the address space.
3689
3690	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
3691			during initialization.
3692
3693	resume=		[SWSUSP]
3694			Specify the partition device for software suspend
3695			Format:
3696			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
3697
3698	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
3699			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
3700			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
3701			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
3702			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
3703
3704	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3705			read the resume files
3706
3707	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
3708			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3709			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3710
3711	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
3712		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
3713				present during boot.
3714		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
3715		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
3716		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
3717				(that will set all pages holding image data
3718				during restoration read-only).
3719
3720	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
3721
3722	rfkill.default_state=
3723		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
3724			etc. communication is blocked by default.
3725		1	Unblocked.
3726
3727	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
3728		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
3729		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3730			blocked and the previous configuration.
3731		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3732			blocked and everything unblocked.
3733
3734	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
3735			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
3736
3737	ring3mwait=disable
3738			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
3739			CPUs.
3740
3741	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
3742
3743	rodata=		[KNL]
3744		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
3745		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
3746
3747	rockchip.usb_uart
3748			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
3749			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
3750			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
3751			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
3752
3753	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
3754			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
3755
3756	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3757			mount the root filesystem
3758
3759	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
3760
3761	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
3762
3763	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
3764			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3765			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3766
3767	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
3768			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
3769			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
3770			managed by CMA.
3771
3772	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
3773
3774	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
3775
3776	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
3777			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
3778		strict
3779			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
3780			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
3781			which is faster.
3782
3783	sa1100ir	[NET]
3784			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
3785
3786	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
3787
3788	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
3789
3790	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
3791			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
3792			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
3793			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
3794
3795	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
3796			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
3797			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
3798			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3799			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
3800			1 -- enable.
3801			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
3802			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
3803
3804	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
3805			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
3806			security module asking for security registration will be
3807			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
3808			as if no module has been chosen.
3809
3810	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
3811			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3812			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
3813			0 -- disable.
3814			1 -- enable.
3815			Default value is set via kernel config option.
3816			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
3817			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
3818
3819	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
3820			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3821			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
3822			0 -- disable.
3823			1 -- enable.
3824			Default value is set via kernel config option.
3825
3826	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
3827
3828	shapers=	[NET]
3829			Maximal number of shapers.
3830
3831	simeth=		[IA-64]
3832	simscsi=
3833
3834	slram=		[HW,MTD]
3835
3836	slab_nomerge	[MM]
3837			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
3838			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
3839			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
3840			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
3841			layout control by attackers can usually be
3842			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
3843			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
3844			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
3845			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
3846			own.
3847			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3848
3849	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
3850			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3851			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3852			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
3853			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
3854
3855	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
3856			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
3857			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
3858			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
3859			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
3860			last alloc / free. For more information see
3861			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3862
3863	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
3864			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
3865			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
3866			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
3867			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
3868			directories and files being created under
3869			/sys/kernel/slub.
3870
3871	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
3872			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3873			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3874			fragmentation. For more information see
3875			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3876
3877	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
3878			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
3879			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
3880			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
3881			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
3882			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
3883			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
3884			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3885
3886	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
3887			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
3888			lower than slub_max_order.
3889			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3890
3891	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
3892			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
3893			See slab_nomerge for more information.
3894
3895	smart2=		[HW]
3896			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
3897
3898	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
3899	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
3900	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
3901	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
3902	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
3903	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
3904	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
3905				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
3906				1: Fast pin select (default)
3907				2: ATC IRMode
3908
3909	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
3910			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
3911			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
3912			actual hardware limit.
3913			Format: <integer>
3914			Default: -1 (no limit)
3915
3916	softlockup_panic=
3917			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
3918			Format: <integer>
3919
3920			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
3921			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
3922			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
3923			which is the respective build-time switch to that
3924			functionality.
3925
3926	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
3927			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
3928			backtraces on all cpus.
3929			Format: <integer>
3930
3931	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
3932			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
3933
3934	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
3935	spia_fio_base=
3936	spia_pedr=
3937	spia_peddr=
3938
3939	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
3940			Specifies how frequently to check for
3941			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
3942			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
3943			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
3944			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
3945			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
3946			are ignored.
3947
3948	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
3949			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
3950			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
3951			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
3952			grace period will be considered for automatic
3953			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
3954			expediting.
3955
3956	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
3957			override the default stack gap protection. The value
3958			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
3959			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
3960			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
3961			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
3962
3963	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
3964			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
3965
3966	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
3967			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
3968			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
3969			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
3970			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
3971			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
3972			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
3973
3974	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
3975			Format: <num>
3976			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
3977			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
3978			as the initial boot-console.
3979			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
3980
3981	sti_font=	[HW]
3982			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
3983
3984	stifb=		[HW]
3985			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
3986
3987	sunrpc.min_resvport=
3988	sunrpc.max_resvport=
3989			[NFS,SUNRPC]
3990			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
3991			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
3992			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
3993			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
3994			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
3995			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
3996			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
3997			maximum port values.
3998
3999	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4000			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4001			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4002			process in parallel from a single connection.
4003			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4004
4005	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4006			[NFS]
4007			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4008			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4009			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4010			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4011			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4012			NFS server is running.
4013
4014			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4015				    automatically using heuristics
4016			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4017			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4018			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4019				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4020
4021	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4022	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4023			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4024			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4025			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4026			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4027			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4028			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4029
4030	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4031			[SUSPEND]
4032			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4033			mode before resuming the system (see
4034			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4035			is set. Default value is 5.
4036
4037	swapaccount=[0|1]
4038			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4039			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4040			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
4041
4042	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4043			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4044			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4045			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4046			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4047			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4048
4049	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4050
4051	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4052			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4053			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4054			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4055			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4056			in older udev will not work anymore.
4057			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4058			the kernel configuration.
4059
4060	sysrq_always_enabled
4061			[KNL]
4062			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4063			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4064			Useful for debugging.
4065
4066	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4067			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4068			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4069			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4070			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4071			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4072
4073	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4074
4075	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4076			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4077			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4078			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4079			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4080			The system is woken from this state using a
4081			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4082
4083	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4084			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4085
4086	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4087			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4088			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4089
4090	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4091			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4092			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4093
4094	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4095			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4096			critical and hot trip points.
4097
4098	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4099			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4100
4101	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4102			-1: disable all passive trip points
4103			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4104			value
4105
4106	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4107			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4108			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4109			0: no polling (default)
4110
4111	threadirqs	[KNL]
4112			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4113			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4114
4115	tmem		[KNL,XEN]
4116			Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4117
4118	tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4119			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4120			API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4121
4122	tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4123			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4124			API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4125			the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4126
4127	tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4128			Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4129			to the hypervisor.
4130
4131	tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4132			Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4133			transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4134			kernel based on different criteria.
4135
4136	topology=	[S390]
4137			Format: {off | on}
4138			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4139			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4140			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4141			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4142			Default is on.
4143
4144	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4145			Format: {off}
4146			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4147			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4148			LPAR.
4149
4150	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4151
4152	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4153			Format: integer pcr id
4154			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4155			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4156			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4157			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4158			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4159			are saved.
4160
4161	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4162			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4163
4164	trace_event=[event-list]
4165			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4166			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4167			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4168			also Documentation/trace/events.txt
4169
4170	trace_options=[option-list]
4171			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4172			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4173			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4174			to echo the option name into
4175
4176			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4177
4178			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4179			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4180
4181			      trace_options=stacktrace
4182
4183			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
4184			section.
4185
4186	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4187			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4188			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4189			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4190			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4191			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4192
4193			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4194			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4195			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4196			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4197
4198			** CAUTION **
4199
4200			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4201			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4202			the system to live lock.
4203
4204	traceoff_on_warning
4205			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4206			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4207			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4208			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4209
4210			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4211			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4212			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4213
4214			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4215			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4216
4217	transparent_hugepage=
4218			[KNL]
4219			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4220			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4221			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4222			See Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt for more details.
4223
4224	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4225			Format: <string>
4226			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4227			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4228			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4229			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4230			virtualized environment.
4231			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4232			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4233			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4234			can add overhead.
4235			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4236			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4237			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4238
4239	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4240			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4241			Format:
4242			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4243			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4244
4245	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4246			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4247			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4248			help "seeing" what's going on.
4249
4250	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4251			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4252
4253	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4254			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4255			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4256			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4257			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4258			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4259			reported either.
4260
4261	unknown_nmi_panic
4262			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4263
4264	usbcore.authorized_default=
4265			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4266			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4267			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
4268
4269	usbcore.autosuspend=
4270			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4271			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4272			is the time required before an idle device will be
4273			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4274			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4275
4276	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4277			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4278
4279	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4280			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4281			(default = 65536).
4282
4283	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4284			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4285
4286	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4287			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4288			scheme (default 0 = off).
4289
4290	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4291			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4292			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4293
4294	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4295			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4296			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4297
4298	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4299			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4300                        USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4301			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4302
4303	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4304
4305	usbhid.mousepoll=
4306			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4307
4308	usbhid.jspoll=
4309			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4310
4311	usb-storage.delay_use=
4312			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4313			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4314
4315	usb-storage.quirks=
4316			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4317			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4318			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4319			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4320			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4321			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4322			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4323				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4324					of sense data);
4325				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4326					bytes of sense data);
4327				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4328					device capacity by one sector);
4329				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4330					READ_DISC_INFO command);
4331				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4332					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4333				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4334					command, uas only);
4335				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4336					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4337				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4338					reported device capacity by one
4339					sector if the number is odd);
4340				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4341					device);
4342				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4343					command, uas only);
4344				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
4345					unlock ejectable media);
4346				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
4347					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
4348				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
4349					initial READ(10) command);
4350				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
4351					reported by the device);
4352				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
4353					by default);
4354				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
4355					bogus residue values);
4356				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
4357					Logical Unit);
4358				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
4359					commands, uas only);
4360				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
4361				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
4362					medium is write-protected).
4363				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
4364					even if the device claims no cache)
4365			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
4366
4367	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
4368			Format: <int>
4369			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
4370				 1 - undefined instruction events
4371				 2 - system calls
4372				 4 - invalid data aborts
4373				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
4374				16 - SIGBUS faults
4375			Example: user_debug=31
4376
4377	userpte=
4378			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
4379
4380				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
4381					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
4382					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
4383
4384	vdso=		[X86,SH]
4385			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
4386
4387			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
4388			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
4389
4390	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
4391			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
4392			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
4393
4394			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
4395			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
4396			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
4397
4398			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
4399			alias for vdso32=0.
4400
4401			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
4402			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
4403
4404	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
4405			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
4406
4407	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
4408			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
4409
4410	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
4411			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
4412			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
4413			level and then send out the event to user space through
4414			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
4415			will only send out the event without touching backlight
4416			brightness level.
4417			default: 1
4418
4419	virtio_mmio.device=
4420			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
4421
4422				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
4423			where:
4424				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
4425						like K, M and G)
4426				<baseaddr> := physical base address
4427				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
4428						request_irq())
4429				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
4430			example:
4431				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
4432
4433			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
4434
4435	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
4436			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
4437			Documentation/svga.txt.
4438			Use vga=ask for menu.
4439			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
4440			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
4441
4442	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
4443			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
4444			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
4445			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
4446			mapped kernel RAM.
4447
4448	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
4449			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
4450			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
4451
4452	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
4453			Format: <command>
4454
4455	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
4456			Format: <command>
4457
4458	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
4459			Format: <command>
4460
4461	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
4462			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
4463			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
4464			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
4465			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
4466			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
4467			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
4468
4469			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
4470			            emulated reasonably safely.
4471
4472			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
4473			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
4474			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
4475			            better than they would in emulation mode.
4476			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
4477
4478			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
4479			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
4480			            might break your system.
4481
4482	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
4483			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
4484			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
4485
4486	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
4487			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
4488			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
4489			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
4490
4491	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
4492			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
4493			Change the default blue palette of the console.
4494			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4495			ranging from 0-255.
4496
4497	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
4498			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
4499			Change the default green palette of the console.
4500			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4501			ranging from 0-255.
4502
4503	vt.default_red=	[VT]
4504			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
4505			Change the default red palette of the console.
4506			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4507			ranging from 0-255.
4508
4509	vt.default_utf8=
4510			[VT]
4511			Format=<0|1>
4512			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
4513			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
4514			newly opened terminals.
4515
4516	vt.global_cursor_default=
4517			[VT]
4518			Format=<-1|0|1>
4519			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
4520			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
4521			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
4522			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
4523			cursors, 1 will display them.
4524
4525	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
4526			Default: 2 = green.
4527
4528	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
4529			Default: 3 = cyan.
4530
4531	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
4532			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
4533			or other driver-specific files in the
4534			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
4535
4536	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
4537			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
4538			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
4539			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
4540			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
4541			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
4542			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
4543			corresponding sysfs file.
4544
4545	workqueue.disable_numa
4546			By default, all work items queued to unbound
4547			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
4548			issued on, which results in better behavior in
4549			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
4550			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
4551			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
4552			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
4553
4554	workqueue.power_efficient
4555			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
4556			they show better performance thanks to cache
4557			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
4558			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
4559
4560			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
4561			were observed to contribute significantly to power
4562			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
4563			power usage at the cost of small performance
4564			overhead.
4565
4566			The default value of this parameter is determined by
4567			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
4568
4569	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
4570			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
4571			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
4572			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
4573			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
4574			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
4575			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
4576			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
4577			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
4578			impacted.
4579
4580	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
4581			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
4582			supporting x2apic.
4583
4584	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
4585			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
4586			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
4587			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
4588			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
4589
4590	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
4591			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
4592			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
4593			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
4594			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
4595			domains.
4596
4597	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
4598			Unplug Xen emulated devices
4599			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
4600			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
4601			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
4602			nics -- unplug network devices
4603			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
4604			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
4605				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
4606				the unplug protocol
4607			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
4608
4609	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
4610			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
4611			optimizations.
4612
4613	xen_nopv	[X86]
4614			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
4615			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
4616
4617	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
4618			Format:
4619			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
4620