1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			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/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst 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
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
140			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
141			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
142			second kernel for kdump.
143
144	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
145			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
146
147	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
148			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
149			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
150			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
151			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
152
153	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
154			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
155			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
156			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
157			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
158						  strings
159			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
160						  strings
161			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
162
163			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
164			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
165			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
166			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
167			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
168			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
169			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
170			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
171			care about the state of the feature group strings which
172			should be controlled by the OSPM.
173			Examples:
174			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
175			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
176			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
177
178			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
179			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
180			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
181			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
182			multiple times through kernel command line is also
183			meaningless.
184			Examples:
185			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
186			     FALSE.
187
188			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
189			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
190			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
191			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
192			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
193			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
194			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
195			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
196			is useful when one want to control the state of the
197			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
198			the OSPM features.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
201			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
202			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
203			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
204			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
205			     equivalent to
206			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
207			     and
208			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
209			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
210
211	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
212			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
213			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
214			and always returns good values.
215
216	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
217			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
218
219	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
220			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
221			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
222
223	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
224			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
225				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
226			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
227			s3_bios and s3_mode.
228			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
229			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
230			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
231			used during resume from hibernation.
232			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
233			control method, with respect to putting devices into
234			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
235			of _PTS is used by default).
236			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
237			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
238			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
239			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
240			but some broken systems don't work without it).
241			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
242			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
243			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
244
245	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
246			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
247			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
248
249	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
250			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
251
252	agp=		[AGP]
253			{ off | try_unsupported }
254			off: disable AGP support
255			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
256				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
257
258	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
259			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
260
261	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
262			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
263			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
264			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
265
266	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
267			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
268			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
269			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
270			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
271			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
272			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
273
274			32: only for 32-bit processes
275			64: only for 64-bit processes
276			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
277			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
278
279	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
280			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
281			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
282			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
283			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
284			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
285
286	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
287			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
288			Possible values are:
289			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
290				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
291				    flushed before they will be reused, which
292				    is a lot of faster
293			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
294				    the system
295			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
296					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
297					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
298					  requirements as needed. This option
299					  does not override iommu=pt
300
301	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
302			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
303			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
304			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
305			IOMMU initialization.
306
307	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
308			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
309			remapping modes:
310			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
311			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
312			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
313			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
314			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
315
316	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
317			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
318			Format: <a>,<b>
319			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
320
321	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
322			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
323			connected to one of 16 gameports
324			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
325
326	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
327			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
328			Format: noidle
329			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
330			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
331			APC and your system crashes randomly.
332
333	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
334			Change the output verbosity while booting
335			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
336			Change the amount of debugging information output
337			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
338			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
339			driver name.
340			Format: apic=driver_name
341			Examples: apic=bigsmp
342
343	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
344			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
345			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
346			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
347			      backup of CPU 0
348			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
349			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
350			      shot down by NMI
351
352	autoconf=	[IPV6]
353			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
354
355	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
356			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
357			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
358			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
359			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
360			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
361			apic=verbose is specified.
362			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
363
364	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
365			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
366
367	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
368			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
369
370	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
371
372	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
373
374	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
375			EzKey and similar keyboards
376
377	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
378
379	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
380			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
381
382	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
383			keyboards
384
385	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
386			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
387
388	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
389			Use software keyboard repeat
390
391	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
392			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
393			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
394			    enabled until the next reboot
395			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
396			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
397			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
398			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
399			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
400			    userspace auditd.
401			Default: unset
402
403	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
404			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
405			Default: 64
406
407	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
408			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
409			Format: { "0" | "1" }
410			0 - Disable the BAU.
411			1 - Enable the BAU.
412			unset - Disable the BAU.
413
414	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
415			Format: <io>,<mode>
416
417	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
418			Format: <io>,<mode>
419			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
420
421	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
422			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
423			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
424			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
425
426	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
427			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
428			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
430
431	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
432			embedded devices based on command line input.
433			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
434
435	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
436			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
437			no delay (0).
438			Format: integer
439
440	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
441
442	bert_disable	[ACPI]
443			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
444
445	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
446	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
447			kernel args too.
448	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
449	bttv.tuner=
450
451	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
452			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
453			at a time.
454
455	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
456
457	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
458			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
459			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
460			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
461			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
462			This option provides an override for these situations.
463
464	carrier_timeout=
465			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
466			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
467			it waits 120 seconds.
468
469	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
470			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
471			trust validation.
472			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
473
474	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
475			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
476			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
477			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
478			others).
479
480	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
481			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
482
483	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
484			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
485			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
486			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
487			  a single hierarchy
488			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
489			  subsystem
490			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
491			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
492			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
493
494	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
495			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
496			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
497			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
498			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
499			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
500			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
501			all v1 hierarchies.
502
503	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
504			Format: <string>
505			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
506			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
507
508	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
509			Format: { "0" | "1" }
510			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
511			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
512				any implied execute protection).
513			1 -- check protection requested by application.
514			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
515			Value can be changed at runtime via
516				/selinux/checkreqprot.
517
518	cio_ignore=	[S390]
519			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
520	clk_ignore_unused
521			[CLK]
522			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
523			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
524			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
525			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
526			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
527			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
528			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
529			platform with proper driver support.  For more
530			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
531
532	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
533			[Deprecated]
534			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
535			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
536			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
537			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
538
539	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
540			Format: <string>
541			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
542			with the name specified.
543			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
544			the platform:
545			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
546			[ACPI] acpi_pm
547			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
548				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
549			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
550				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
551			[MIPS] MIPS
552			[PARISC] cr16
553			[S390] tod
554			[SH] SuperH
555			[SPARC64] tick
556			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
557
558	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
559			[ARM,ARM64]
560			Format: <bool>
561			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
562			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
563			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
564			systems.
565
566	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
567			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
568			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
569			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
570			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
571			ones should be.
572			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
573			or using the feature without checking anything
574			will still see it. This just prevents it from
575			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
576			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
577			some critical bits.
578
579	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
580			[ARM,X86,KNL]
581			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
582			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
583			placement constraint by the physical address range of
584			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
585			altogether. For more information, see
586			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
587
588	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
589			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
590			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
591			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
592			a hypervisor.
593			Default: yes
594
595	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
596			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
597			allocations, by default set to 256K.
598
599	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
600			Format:
601			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
602
603	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
604			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
605
606	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
607			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
608			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
609
610	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
611	conmode=
612
613	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
614
615		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
616
617		ttyS<n>[,options]
618		ttyUSB0[,options]
619			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
620			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
621			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
622			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
623			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
624
625			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
626			information.  See
627			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
628			alternative.
629
630		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
631		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
632		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
633		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
634		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
635			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
636			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
637			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
638			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
639			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
640			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
641			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
642			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
643			the h/w is not re-initialized.
644
645		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
646			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
647
648		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
649		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
650			console=brl,ttyS0
651		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
652
653	console_msg_format=
654			[KNL] Change console messages format
655		default
656			By default we print messages on consoles in
657			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
658			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
659			`printk_time' param).
660		syslog
661			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
662			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
663			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
664			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
665			from /proc/kmsg.
666
667	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
668			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
669			Defaults to 0.
670
671	coredump_filter=
672			[KNL] Change the default value for
673			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
674			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
675
676	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
677			[ARM,ARM64]
678			Format: <bool>
679			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
680			0: default value, disable debugging
681			1: enable debugging at boot time
682
683	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
684			disable the cpuidle sub-system
685
686	cpuidle.governor=
687			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
688
689	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
690			disable the cpufreq sub-system
691
692	cpu_init_udelay=N
693			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
694			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
695			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
696			Default: 10000
697
698	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
699			Format:
700			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
701
702	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
703			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
704			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
705			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
706			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
707			is selected automatically.
708			[KNL, x86_64] select a region under 4G first, and
709			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
710			hasn't been specified.
711			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
712
713	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
714			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
715			in the running system. The syntax of range is
716			start-[end] where start and end are both
717			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
718			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
719
720	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
721			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
722			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
723			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
724			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
725			available.
726			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
727	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
728			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
729			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
730			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
731			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
732			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
733			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
734			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
735			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
736			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
737			for second kernel instead.
738			0: to disable low allocation.
739			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
740			or memory reserved is below 4G.
741
742	cryptomgr.notests
743			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
744
745	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
746			Format: <dma>
747
748	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
749			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
750
751	dasd=		[HW,NET]
752			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
753
754	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
755			(one device per port)
756			Format: <port#>,<type>
757			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
758
759	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
760			time. See
761			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
762			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
763
764	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
765
766	debug_boot_weak_hash
767			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
768			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
769			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
770			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
771			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
772			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
773
774	debug_locks_verbose=
775			[KNL] verbose self-tests
776			Format=<0|1>
777			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
778			self-tests.
779			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
780			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
781			only useful to kernel developers.
782
783	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
784
785	no_debug_objects
786			[KNL] Disable object debugging
787
788	debug_guardpage_minorder=
789			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
790			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
791			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
792			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
793			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
794			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
795			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
796			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
797			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
798			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
799			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
800			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
801			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
802			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
803			bypassed) which are not detectable by
804			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
805			tracking down these problems.
806
807	debug_pagealloc=
808			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
809			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
810			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
811			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
812			on: enable the feature
813
814	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
815
816	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
817			Format: <area>[,<node>]
818			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
819
820	default_hugepagesz=
821			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
822			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
823			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
824			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
825			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
826			if not specified.
827
828	deferred_probe_timeout=
829			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
830			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
831			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
832			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
833			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
834			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
835			retrying.
836
837	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
838			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
839
840	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
841			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
842			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
843			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
844			miss to occur.
845
846	disable=	[IPV6]
847			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
848
849	hardened_usercopy=
850                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
851                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
852                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
853                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
854                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
855                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
856                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
857                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
858                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
859
860	disable_radix	[PPC]
861			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
862
863	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
864			Format: <int>
865			The number of initial APIC ID for the
866			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
867			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
868			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
869			causing system reset or hang due to sending
870			INIT from AP to BSP.
871
872	perf_v4_pmi=	[X86,INTEL]
873			Format: <bool>
874			Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature.
875			The feature only exists starting from
876			Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer).
877
878	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
879			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
880			to workaround buggy firmware.
881
882	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
883			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
884
885	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
886			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
887			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
888			entry later. This parameter disables that.
889
890	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
891			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
892			memory out of your available memory pool based on
893			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
894			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
895
896	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
897			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
898			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
899
900	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
901
902	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
903			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
904
905	dma_debug_entries=<number>
906			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
907			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
908			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
909			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
910			architectural default is too low.
911
912	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
913			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
914			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
915			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
916			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
917			driver later using sysfs.
918
919	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
920			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously.
921			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
922
923	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
924			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
925			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
926			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
927			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
928			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
929			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
930			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
931			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
932			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
933			available in Documentation/driver-api/edid.rst. An EDID
934			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
935			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
936			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
937			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
938			data set with no connector name will be used for
939			any connectors not explicitly specified.
940
941	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
942
943	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
944			Format: {"off" | "known"}
945			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
946			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
947			exists).
948			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
949			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
950			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
951
952	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
953			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
954			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
955			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
956
957	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
958	module.dyndbg[="val"]
959			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
960			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
961			for details.
962
963	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
964			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.rst for more
965			information about the feature.
966
967	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
968			in some Intel CPUs.
969
970	module.async_probe [KNL]
971			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
972
973	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
974			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
975			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
976			which are not unmapped.
977
978	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
979
980			[ARM64] The early console is determined by the
981			stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node,
982			or determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
983
984			[X86] When used with no options the early console is
985			determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
986
987		cdns,<addr>[,options]
988			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
989			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
990			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
991			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
992			configured.
993
994		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
995		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
996		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
997		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
998		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
999			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1000			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1001			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1002			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1003			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1004			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1005			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1006			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1007
1008		pl011,<addr>
1009		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1010			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1011			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1012			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1013			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1014			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1015			the device registers.
1016
1017		meson,<addr>
1018			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1019			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1020			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1021			supported.
1022
1023		msm_serial,<addr>
1024			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1025			port at the specified address. The serial port
1026			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1027			yet supported.
1028
1029		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1030			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1031			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1032			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1033			yet supported.
1034
1035		owl,<addr>
1036			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1037			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1038			specified address. The serial port must already be
1039			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1040
1041		rda,<addr>
1042			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1043			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1044			specified address. The serial port must already be
1045			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1046
1047		sbi
1048			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1049			console.
1050
1051		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1052
1053		s3c2410,<addr>
1054		s3c2412,<addr>
1055		s3c2440,<addr>
1056		s3c6400,<addr>
1057		s5pv210,<addr>
1058		exynos4210,<addr>
1059			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1060			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1061			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1062			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1063			Options are not yet supported.
1064
1065		lantiq,<addr>
1066			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1067			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1068			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1069			yet supported.
1070
1071		lpuart,<addr>
1072		lpuart32,<addr>
1073			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1074			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1075			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1076			port must already be setup and configured.
1077
1078		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1079			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1080			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1081			address. The serial port must already be setup
1082			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1083
1084		qcom_geni,<addr>
1085			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1086			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1087			specified address. The serial port must already be
1088			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1089
1090		efifb,[options]
1091			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1092			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1093			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1094			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1095			mapped with the correct attributes.
1096
1097		linflex,<addr>
1098			Use early console provided by Freescale LinFlex UART
1099			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1100			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1101			already be setup and configured.
1102
1103	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1104			earlyprintk=vga
1105			earlyprintk=sclp
1106			earlyprintk=xen
1107			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1108			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1109			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1110			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1111			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1112			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1113
1114			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1115			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1116			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1117
1118			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1119			takes over.
1120
1121			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1122			be used at a time.
1123
1124			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1125			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1126			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1127			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1128				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1129			You can find the port for a given device in
1130			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1131				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1132
1133			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1134			very good.
1135
1136			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1137			the real console.
1138
1139			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1140
1141			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1142
1143			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1144			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1145			UART class.
1146
1147	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1148			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1149			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1150			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1151			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1152			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1153			default: on.
1154
1155	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1156			ekgdboc=kbd
1157
1158			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1159			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1160
1161	edd=		[EDD]
1162			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1163
1164	efi=		[EFI]
1165			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1166			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1167			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1168			default.
1169			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1170			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1171			firmware implementations.
1172			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1173			debug: enable misc debug output
1174
1175	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1176			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1177			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1178			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1179			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1180
1181	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1182			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1183			updating original EFI memory map.
1184			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1185			from ss to ss+nn.
1186			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1187			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1188			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1189			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1190
1191			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1192			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1193			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1194			doesn't support it.
1195
1196	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1197			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1198			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1199			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1200			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1201
1202
1203	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1204			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1205
1206	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1207			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1208			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1209
1210	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1211			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1212			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1213			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1214			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1215
1216	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1217			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1218			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1219			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1220
1221	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1222			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1223			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1224			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1225			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1226
1227	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1228			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1229			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1230			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1231			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1232			Default value is 0.
1233			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1234
1235	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1236			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1237			support.
1238
1239	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1240			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1241			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1242
1243	evm=		[EVM]
1244			Format: { "fix" }
1245			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1246			current integrity status.
1247
1248	failslab=
1249	fail_page_alloc=
1250	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1251			General fault injection mechanism.
1252			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1253			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1254
1255	floppy=		[HW]
1256			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1257
1258	force_pal_cache_flush
1259			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1260			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1261			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1262			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1263
1264	forcepae	[X86-32]
1265			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1266			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1267			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1268			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1269			and may cause unknown problems.
1270
1271	ftrace=[tracer]
1272			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1273			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1274			boot debugging.
1275
1276	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1277			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1278			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1279			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1280			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1281			oops.
1282
1283	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1284			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1285			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1286			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1287			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1288			tracing directory.
1289
1290	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1291			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1292			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1293			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1294			tracing directory.
1295
1296	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1297			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1298			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1299			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1300			that can be changed at run time by the
1301			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1302
1303	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1304			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1305			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1306			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1307			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1308
1309	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1310			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1311			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1312			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1313			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1314
1315	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1316			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1317			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1318			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1319			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1320
1321	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1322
1323	gart_fix_e820=	[X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1324			Format: off | on
1325			default: on
1326
1327	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1328			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1329			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1330			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1331			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1332
1333	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1334			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1335			android emulator
1336
1337	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1338			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1339			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1340			GPT to be used instead.
1341
1342	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1343			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1344			Format: 0 | 1
1345			Default: 0
1346	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1347			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1348			Format: 0 | 1
1349			Default: 0
1350	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1351			Format: 0 | 1
1352			Default: 0
1353	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1354			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1355			Default: 1024
1356	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1357			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1358			Default: 1024
1359
1360	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1361			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1362			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1363
1364	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1365			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1366			backtraces on all cpus.
1367			Format: <integer>
1368
1369	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1370			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1371			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1372			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1373
1374	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1375
1376	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1377			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1378
1379	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1380			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1381			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1382			logic will be disabled.
1383
1384	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1385			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1386			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1387			size on bigger boxes.
1388
1389	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1390			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1391			Default: "on"
1392
1393	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1394
1395	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1396			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1397				verbose }
1398			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1399			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1400				VIA, nVidia)
1401			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1402
1403	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1404			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1405
1406	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1407	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1408			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1409			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1410			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1411			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1412			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1413
1414	hung_task_panic=
1415			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1416			Format: <integer>
1417
1418			A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a
1419			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1420			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1421			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1422			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1423
1424	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1425				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1426	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1427				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1428				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1429
1430	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1431				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1432				      guest on lock contention.
1433
1434	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1435			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1436			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1437			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1438			the real console.
1439
1440	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1441				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1442				registered from board initialization code.
1443				Format:
1444				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1445
1446	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1447	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1448			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1449			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1450			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1451	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1452	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1453			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1454			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1455	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1456	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1457	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1458			     for the AUX port
1459	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1460			     controller
1461	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1462			     controllers
1463	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1464	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1465			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1466			     transitions, or never reset
1467			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1468			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1469			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1470			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1471			architectures force reset to be always executed
1472	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1473	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1474
1475	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1476
1477	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1478			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1479			hardware.
1480	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1481			does not match list of supported models.
1482	i8k.power_status
1483			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1484			(disabled by default)
1485	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1486			capability is set.
1487
1488	i915.invert_brightness=
1489			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1490			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1491			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1492			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1493			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1494			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1495			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1496			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1497			value switches the backlight off.
1498			-1 -- never invert brightness
1499			 0 -- machine default
1500			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1501
1502	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1503			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1504
1505	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1506			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1507			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1508			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1509			See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
1510
1511	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1512			Format: <int>
1513			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1514			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1515			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1516			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1517			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1518			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1519			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1520			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1521			was 0x3.
1522
1523	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1524			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1525
1526	idle=		[X86]
1527			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1528			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1529			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1530			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1531			Not recommended.
1532			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1533			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1534			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1535
1536	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1537			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1538			Default: strict
1539
1540			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1541			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1542			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1543			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1544			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1545			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1546			encoding mode.
1547
1548			Available settings are as follows:
1549			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1550				supported by the FPU
1551			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1552				by the FPU
1553			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1554				by the FPU
1555			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1556				supported by the FPU
1557
1558			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1559			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1560			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1561			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1562			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1563			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1564			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1565			MIPS64 CPUs.
1566
1567			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1568			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1569			except where unsupported by hardware.
1570
1571	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1572			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1573			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1574			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1575			could change it dynamically, usually by
1576			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1577
1578	ignore_rlimit_data
1579			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1580			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1581			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1582
1583	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1584			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1585
1586	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1587			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1588			default: "enforce"
1589
1590	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1591			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1592			owned by uid=0.
1593
1594	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1595			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1596			measurements, instead of host native format.
1597
1598	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1599			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1600				   | sha512 | ... }
1601			default: "sha1"
1602
1603			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1604			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1605
1606	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1607			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1608			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1609				 fail_securely"
1610
1611			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1612			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1613			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1614			uid=0.
1615
1616			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1617			all files owned by root.
1618
1619			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1620			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1621			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1622
1623			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1624			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1625			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1626			flag.
1627
1628	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1629			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1630			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1631			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1632			opened for read by uid=0.
1633
1634	ima_template=	[IMA]
1635			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1636			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1637			Default: "ima-ng"
1638
1639	ima_template_fmt=
1640			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1641			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1642
1643	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1644			Format: <min_file_size>
1645			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1646			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1647
1648			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1649			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1650			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1651
1652	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1653			Format: <bufsize>
1654			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1655
1656			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1657			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1658			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1659
1660	init=		[KNL]
1661			Format: <full_path>
1662			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1663			process.
1664
1665	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1666			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1667			startup.
1668
1669	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1670			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1671			modules and initcalls.
1672
1673	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1674
1675	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
1676			zeroes.
1677			Format: 0 | 1
1678			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
1679
1680	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
1681			Format: 0 | 1
1682			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
1683
1684	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1685			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1686			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1687			override in debugfs after boot.
1688
1689	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1690			Format: <irq>
1691
1692	int_pln_enable	[x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1693
1694	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1695			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1696			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1697			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1698
1699	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1700		on
1701			Enable intel iommu driver.
1702		off
1703			Disable intel iommu driver.
1704		igfx_off [Default Off]
1705			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1706			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1707			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1708			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1709			DMA.
1710		forcedac [x86_64]
1711			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1712			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1713			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1714			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1715			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1716			then look in the higher range.
1717		strict [Default Off]
1718			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1719			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1720			to batching them for performance.
1721		sp_off [Default Off]
1722			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1723			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1724			not be supported.
1725		sm_on [Default Off]
1726			By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
1727			hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
1728			mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
1729			will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
1730		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1731			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1732			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1733			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1734			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1735			mapping is enabled.
1736			Note that using this option lowers the security
1737			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1738			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1739		nobounce [Default off]
1740			Disable bounce buffer for unstrusted devices such as
1741			the Thunderbolt devices. This will treat the untrusted
1742			devices as the trusted ones, hence might expose security
1743			risks of DMA attacks.
1744
1745	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1746			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1747			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1748
1749	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1750			disable
1751			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1752			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1753			passive
1754			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1755			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1756			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1757			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1758			  feature.
1759			force
1760			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1761			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1762			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1763			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1764			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1765			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1766			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1767			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1768			no_hwp
1769			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1770			  if available.
1771			hwp_only
1772			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1773			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1774			support_acpi_ppc
1775			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1776			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1777			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1778			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1779			per_cpu_perf_limits
1780			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1781			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1782
1783	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1784			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1785			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1786			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1787			no_x2apic_optout
1788				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1789			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1790
1791	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1792		strict	regions from userspace.
1793		relaxed
1794
1795	iommu=		[x86]
1796		off
1797		force
1798		noforce
1799		biomerge
1800		panic
1801		nopanic
1802		merge
1803		nomerge
1804		soft
1805		pt		[x86]
1806		nopt		[x86]
1807		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1808			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1809
1810	iommu.strict=	[ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
1811			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1812			0 - Lazy mode.
1813			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
1814			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
1815			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
1816			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
1817			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
1818			1 - Strict mode (default).
1819			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
1820			  synchronously.
1821
1822	iommu.passthrough=
1823			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1824			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1825			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1826			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1827			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
1828
1829	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1830			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1831			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1832
1833	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1834		0x80
1835			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1836		0xed
1837			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1838		udelay
1839			Simple two microseconds delay
1840		none
1841			No delay
1842
1843	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1844			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1845
1846	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
1847			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
1848
1849	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1850			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1851
1852	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1853			[ARM, ARM64]
1854			Format: <bool>
1855			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1856			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1857			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1858
1859	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
1860			[ARM, ARM64]
1861			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
1862			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
1863			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
1864			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
1865			LPIs.
1866
1867	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
1868			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
1869			requires the kernel to be built with
1870			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
1871
1872	irqfixup	[HW]
1873			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1874			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1875			firmware running.
1876
1877	irqpoll		[HW]
1878			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1879			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1880			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1881			firmware running.
1882
1883	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1884			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1885
1886	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1887			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1888			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1889
1890			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1891			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1892
1893			nohz
1894			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1895
1896			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
1897			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
1898			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
1899			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
1900			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
1901
1902			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
1903			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
1904			  be configured manually after bootup.
1905
1906			domain
1907			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1908			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1909			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1910			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1911			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1912			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1913			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1914			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1915
1916			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1917			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1918			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1919			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1920
1921			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1922
1923
1924
1925	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1926
1927	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1928			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1929			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1930			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1931			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1932				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1933
1934	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1935			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1936			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1937			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1938			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1939				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1940
1941	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1942			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1943			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1944			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1945			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1946				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1947
1948	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1949			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1950
1951	nokaslr		[KNL]
1952			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1953			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1954			Layout Randomization).
1955
1956	kasan_multi_shot
1957			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1958			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1959			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1960			invalid access.
1961
1962	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1963
1964	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1965			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
1966			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
1967			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
1968			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
1969			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
1970			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
1971			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
1972			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
1973			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
1974
1975			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
1976			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
1977			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
1978			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1979			zone if it does not.
1980
1981			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
1982			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
1983			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
1984			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1985			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1986			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
1987			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
1988
1989	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1990			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1991			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1992			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1993			optional and is the number seconds in between
1994			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1995			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1996			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
1997			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1998			the kernel debugger.
1999
2000	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2001			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2002			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2003			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2004			 keyboard only format: kbd
2005			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2006			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2007			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2008			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2009
2010	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2011			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2012
2013	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
2014			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2015			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2016
2017	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2018			Valid arguments: on, off
2019			Default: on
2020			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2021			the default is off.
2022
2023	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2024			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2025			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2026			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2027			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2028			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2029			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2030
2031			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2032
2033			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2034			Boot Parameter" section.
2035
2036	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2037			and kernel address spaces.
2038			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2039			0: force disabled
2040			1: force enabled
2041
2042	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2043			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2044
2045	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2046				   Default is false (don't support).
2047
2048	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
2049			KVM MMU at runtime.
2050			Default is 0 (off)
2051
2052	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2053			Default is 1 (enabled)
2054
2055	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2056			for all guests.
2057			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2058
2059	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2060			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2061			system registers
2062
2063	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2064			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2065			system registers
2066
2067	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2068			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2069			system registers
2070
2071	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2072			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2073			LPIs.
2074
2075	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2076			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2077			Default is 1 (enabled)
2078
2079	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2080			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
2081			Default is 0 (disabled)
2082
2083	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2084			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2085			Default is 1 (enabled)
2086
2087	kvm-intel.nested=
2088			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2089			Default is 0 (disabled)
2090
2091	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2092			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2093			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2094			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2095
2096	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2097			CVE-2018-3620.
2098
2099			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2100
2101			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2102			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2103				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2104			never:	Disables the mitigation
2105
2106			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2107
2108	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2109			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2110			Default is 1 (enabled)
2111
2112	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2113			      affected CPUs
2114
2115			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2116			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2117
2118			full
2119				Provides all available mitigations for the
2120				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2121				enables all mitigations in the
2122				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2123
2124				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2125				sysfs interface is still possible after
2126				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2127				when the first VM is started in a
2128				potentially insecure configuration,
2129				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2130
2131			full,force
2132				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2133				flush runtime control. Implies the
2134				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2135				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2136
2137			flush
2138				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2139				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2140				L1D flush.
2141
2142				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2143				sysfs interface is still possible after
2144				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2145				when the first VM is started in a
2146				potentially insecure configuration,
2147				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2148
2149			flush,nosmt
2150
2151				Disables SMT and enables the default
2152				hypervisor mitigation.
2153
2154				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2155				sysfs interface is still possible after
2156				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2157				when the first VM is started in a
2158				potentially insecure configuration,
2159				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2160
2161			flush,nowarn
2162				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2163				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2164				insecure configuration.
2165
2166			off
2167				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2168				emit any warnings.
2169				It also drops the swap size and available
2170				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2171				bare metal.
2172
2173			Default is 'flush'.
2174
2175			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2176
2177	l2cr=		[PPC]
2178
2179	l3cr=		[PPC]
2180
2181	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2182			disabled it.
2183
2184	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
2185			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2186			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2187
2188	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2189			in C2 power state.
2190
2191	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2192			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2193			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2194			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2195			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2196			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2197			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2198
2199	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2200			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2201			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2202
2203	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2204			when set.
2205			Format: <int>
2206
2207	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
2208			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2209			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2210			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2211			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2212			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2213			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2214			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2215
2216			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2217			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2218			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2219			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2220			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2221			host link and device attached to it.
2222
2223			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2224			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2225			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2226			The following configurations can be forced.
2227
2228			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2229			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2230
2231			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2232
2233			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2234			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2235			  allowed.
2236
2237			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2238
2239			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2240
2241			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2242			  and both resets.
2243
2244			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2245			  hot-unplug link recovery
2246
2247			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2248
2249			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2250
2251			* disable: Disable this device.
2252
2253			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2254			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2255
2256	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2257
2258	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2259			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
2260
2261	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2262			Format: <integer>
2263
2264	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2265			Format: <integer>
2266
2267	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2268			Format: <integer>
2269
2270	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2271			Format: <integer>
2272
2273	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2274			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2275			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2276			number of online CPUs.
2277
2278	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2279			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2280
2281	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2282			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2283
2284	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2285			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2286			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2287
2288	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2289			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2290			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2291			mode during the locktorture test.
2292
2293	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2294			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2295			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2296
2297	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2298			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2299
2300	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2301			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2302			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2303			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2304			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2305			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2306
2307	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2308			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2309
2310	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2311			Enable additional printk() statements.
2312
2313	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2314			Format: <irq>
2315
2316	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2317			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2318			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2319			loglevels are defined as follows:
2320
2321			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2322			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2323			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2324			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2325			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2326			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2327			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2328			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2329
2330	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2331			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2332			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2333			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2334			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2335			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2336			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2337
2338	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2339			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2340			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2341			kernel boot problems.
2342
2343	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2344	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2345	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2346	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2347				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2348				attached printers to be reset. Using
2349				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2350				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2351				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2352				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2353				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2354				port specification list means that device IDs
2355				from each port should be examined, to see if
2356				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2357				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2358				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2359
2360	lpj=n		[KNL]
2361			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2362			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2363			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2364			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2365			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2366			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2367			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2368			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2369			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2370			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2371			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2372			hardware.
2373
2374	ltpc=		[NET]
2375			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2376
2377	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2378
2379	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2380			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2381			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2382
2383	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2384			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2385			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2386
2387	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2388			 yeeloong laptop.
2389			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2390
2391	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2392			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2393
2394	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2395			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2396			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2397			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2398			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2399			only takes effect during system bootup.
2400			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2401			which also disables the IO APIC.
2402
2403	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2404	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2405			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2406			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2407			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2408			/dev/loop-control interface.
2409
2410	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2411
2412	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2413
2414	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2415			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2416
2417	mdacon=		[MDA]
2418			Format: <first>,<last>
2419			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2420
2421	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2422			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2423			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2424
2425			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2426			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2427			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2428
2429			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2430			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2431			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2432			not have direct access.
2433
2434			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2435			options are:
2436
2437			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2438			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2439				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2440			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2441
2442			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2443			mds=full.
2444
2445			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2446
2447	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2448			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2449			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2450			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2451			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2452			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2453			belonging to unused RAM.
2454
2455	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2456			memory.
2457
2458	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2459			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2460			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2461
2462	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2463			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2464			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2465			set according to the
2466			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2467			option.
2468			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
2469
2470	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2471			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2472			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2473			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2474			option description.
2475
2476	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2477			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2478			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2479			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2480			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2481			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2482			comma delimited.
2483			Example:
2484				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2485
2486	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2487			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2488			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2489
2490	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2491			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2492			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2493			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2494			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2495			         or
2496			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2497			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2498			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2499			will be eaten.
2500
2501	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2502			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2503			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2504			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2505			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2506
2507	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2508			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2509			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2510			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2511			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2512			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2513			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2514			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2515
2516	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2517			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2518			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2519			Setting this option will scan the memory
2520			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2521			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2522			from using the memory being corrupted.
2523			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2524			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2525			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2526			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2527
2528	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2529			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2530			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2531			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2532			corruption in more or less memory.
2533
2534	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2535			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2536			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2537			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2538
2539	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,PPC] Enable memtest
2540			Format: <integer>
2541			default : 0 <disable>
2542			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2543			performed. Each pass selects another test
2544			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2545			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2546			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2547			regions that are detected.
2548
2549	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2550			Valid arguments: on, off
2551			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2552			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2553			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2554			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2555			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2556
2557			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
2558			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2559
2560	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2561			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2562			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2563			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2564			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2565
2566	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2567			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2568
2569	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2570			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2571			platforms.
2572
2573	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2574			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2575			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2576			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2577
2578	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2579
2580	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2581			physical address is ignored.
2582
2583	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2584			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2585			Default: "0tb"
2586			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2587			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2588			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2589			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2590			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2591			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2592			unconfigured.
2593			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2594			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2595			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2596			VGA shield.
2597			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2598			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2599			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2600			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2601			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2602			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2603
2604	mitigations=
2605			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
2606			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
2607			arch-independent options, each of which is an
2608			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
2609
2610			off
2611				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
2612				improves system performance, but it may also
2613				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
2614				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
2615					       kpti=0 [ARM64]
2616					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
2617					       nobp=0 [S390]
2618					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
2619					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
2620					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
2621					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
2622					       l1tf=off [X86]
2623					       mds=off [X86]
2624
2625			auto (default)
2626				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
2627				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
2628				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
2629				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
2630				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
2631				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
2632
2633			auto,nosmt
2634				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
2635				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
2636				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
2637				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
2638					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
2639
2640	mminit_loglevel=
2641			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2642			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2643			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2644			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2645			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2646			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2647
2648	module.sig_enforce
2649			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2650			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2651			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2652			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2653
2654	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2655			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2656
2657	mousedev.tap_time=
2658			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2659			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2660			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2661			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2662			Format: <msecs>
2663	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2664			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2665	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2666			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2667
2668	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2669			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2670			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2671			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2672			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2673			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2674			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2675			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2676			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2677			is not too small.
2678
2679	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2680			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2681			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2682			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2683			allocations. Use with caution!
2684
2685	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2686			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2687
2688	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2689			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2690
2691	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2692			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2693
2694	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2695			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2696			at a time.
2697
2698	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2699
2700			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2701
2702			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2703				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2704			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2705				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2706				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2707
2708	mtdset=		[ARM]
2709			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2710
2711			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2712
2713	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2714			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2715			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2716
2717	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2718			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2719			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2720
2721	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2722			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2723			Default is 1.
2724			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2725			using up MTRRs.
2726
2727	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2728			Format: <integer>
2729			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2730			Default : 1
2731			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2732			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2733
2734	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2735
2736	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2737			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2738			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2739			something different and driver-specific.
2740			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2741			file if at all.
2742
2743	nf_conntrack.acct=
2744			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2745			0 to disable accounting
2746			1 to enable accounting
2747			Default value is 0.
2748
2749	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2750			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2751
2752	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2753			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2754
2755	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2756			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2757
2758	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2759			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2760			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2761			requests.
2762
2763	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2764			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2765			channel should listen.
2766
2767	nfs.cache_getent=
2768			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2769			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2770
2771	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2772			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2773			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2774
2775	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2776			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2777			entries.
2778
2779	nfs.enable_ino64=
2780			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2781			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2782			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2783			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2784			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2785
2786	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2787			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2788			slots the client will assign to the callback
2789			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2790			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2791			a particular server.
2792
2793	nfs.max_session_slots=
2794			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2795			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2796			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2797			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2798			Note that there is little point in setting this
2799			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2800
2801	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2802			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2803			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2804			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2805			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2806			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2807			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2808			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2809			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2810			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2811			back to using the idmapper.
2812			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2813	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2814			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2815			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2816			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2817			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2818
2819	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2820			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2821			information in exchange_id requests.
2822			If zero, no implementation identification information
2823			will be sent.
2824			The default is to send the implementation identification
2825			information.
2826
2827	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2828			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2829			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2830			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2831			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2832			after the locks are lost.
2833			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2834			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2835			parameter to '1'.
2836			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2837			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2838
2839	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2840			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2841			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2842
2843			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2844			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2845			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2846			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2847
2848	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2849			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2850			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2851			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2852			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2853			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2854
2855	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2856			when a NMI is triggered.
2857			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2858
2859	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2860			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2861			Valid num: 0 or 1
2862			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2863			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2864			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2865			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
2866			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
2867			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2868			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2869			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2870			need the box quickly up again.
2871
2872			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
2873			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
2874
2875	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2876			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2877			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2878			waits 4 seconds.
2879
2880	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2881			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2882			is present.
2883
2884	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
2885			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
2886
2887	no_console_suspend
2888			[HW] Never suspend the console
2889			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2890			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2891			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2892			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2893			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2894			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2895			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2896			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2897			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2898			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2899			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2900			turn on/off it dynamically.
2901
2902	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
2903			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
2904			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
2905			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
2906			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
2907			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
2908			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
2909			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
2910			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
2911			is set.
2912
2913	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2914			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2915			but will impact performance.
2916
2917	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2918
2919	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2920			(CPU alternatives feature).
2921
2922	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2923			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2924
2925	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2926
2927	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2928			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2929
2930	nocache		[ARM]
2931
2932	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2933
2934	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2935
2936	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2937
2938	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2939
2940	noexec		[IA-64]
2941
2942	noexec		[X86]
2943			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2944			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2945			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2946
2947	nosmap		[X86,PPC]
2948			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2949			even if it is supported by processor.
2950
2951	nosmep		[X86,PPC]
2952			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2953			even if it is supported by processor.
2954
2955	noexec32	[X86-64]
2956			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2957			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2958				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2959			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2960				read implies executable mappings
2961
2962	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2963
2964	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2965			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2966			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2967
2968	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86,PPC] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2969
2970	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2971			Equivalent to smt=1.
2972
2973			[KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2974			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
2975				     via the sysfs control file.
2976
2977	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
2978			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
2979			possible in the system.
2980
2981	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
2982			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
2983			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
2984			option.
2985
2986	nospec_store_bypass_disable
2987			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
2988
2989	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2990			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2991			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2992
2993	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2994			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2995			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2996			performance of saving the states is degraded because
2997			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2998			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2999
3000	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3001			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3002			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3003			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3004			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3005			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3006			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3007
3008	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
3009			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
3010			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
3011
3012	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3013			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3014			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3015
3016	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3017			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3018			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3019			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3020			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3021			real-time systems.
3022
3023	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3024
3025	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3026			Valid arguments: on, off
3027			Default: on
3028
3029	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3030			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3031			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3032			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3033			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3034			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3035			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3036			just as if they had also been called out in the
3037			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3038
3039	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3040
3041	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3042			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3043
3044	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3045			broken timer IRQ sources.
3046
3047	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3048
3049	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3050			initial RAM disk.
3051
3052	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3053			remapping.
3054			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3055
3056	nointroute	[IA-64]
3057
3058	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3059
3060	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3061
3062	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3063
3064	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3065			fault handling.
3066
3067	no-vmw-sched-clock
3068			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3069			clock and use the default one.
3070
3071	no-steal-acc	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
3072			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
3073			behaviour
3074
3075	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3076
3077	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3078
3079	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
3080			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
3081
3082	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3083
3084	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3085
3086	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3087			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3088
3089	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3090			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3091			irq.
3092
3093	nomodule	Disable module load
3094
3095	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3096			pagetables) support.
3097
3098	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3099
3100	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3101			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3102
3103	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3104			with UP alternatives
3105
3106	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
3107			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
3108			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
3109			available to user space applications.
3110
3111	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3112			space.
3113
3114	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3115			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3116			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3117
3118	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3119
3120	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
3121
3122	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3123			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3124
3125	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3126
3127	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3128
3129	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3130			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3131
3132	nowb		[ARM]
3133
3134	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3135
3136	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
3137			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
3138			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
3139			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
3140			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
3141			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
3142			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
3143			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
3144			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3145			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3146			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3147			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3148			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3149
3150	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3151			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3152			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3153			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3154			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3155			parameter's value.
3156			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3157			Default: 255
3158
3159	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3160			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3161			SAL PALO.
3162
3163	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3164			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3165			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3166			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3167			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3168			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3169			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3170			hot plugging.
3171
3172	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3173
3174	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
3175			Allowed values are enable and disable
3176
3177	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3178			'node', 'default' can be specified
3179			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3180			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3181
3182	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3183			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
3184			info.
3185
3186	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3187			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3188			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3189			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3190			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3191			interrupts *may* be lost!
3192
3193	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3194			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3195			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3196			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3197
3198	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
3199			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
3200
3201	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
3202			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
3203			userland or if you want common events.
3204			Format: { arch_perfmon }
3205			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
3206				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
3207				CPU specific event set.
3208			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
3209				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
3210				for generic hr timer mode)
3211
3212	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3213			process, but there is a small probability of
3214			deadlocking the machine.
3215			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3216			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3217
3218	page_alloc.shuffle=
3219			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3220			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3221			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3222			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3223			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3224			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3225			can be read from sysfs at:
3226			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3227
3228	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3229			Storage of the information about who allocated
3230			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3231			we can turn it on.
3232			on: enable the feature
3233
3234	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3235			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3236			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3237			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3238			on: turn on poisoning
3239
3240	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3241			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3242			timeout = 0: wait forever
3243			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3244			Format: <timeout>
3245
3246	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3247			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3248			bit 0: print all tasks info
3249			bit 1: print system memory info
3250			bit 2: print timer info
3251			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3252			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3253			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3254
3255	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3256			on a WARN().
3257
3258	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3259			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3260			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3261			succeeds in any situation.
3262			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3263			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3264			kernel more unstable.
3265
3266	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3267			connected to, default is 0.
3268			Format: <parport#>
3269	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3270			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3271			Format: <mode>
3272
3273	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3274			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3275			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3276			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3277			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3278			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3279			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3280			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3281			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3282			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3283			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3284			are specified on the command line, starting
3285			with parport0.
3286
3287	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3288			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3289			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3290			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3291			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3292			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3293			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3294
3295	pause_on_oops=
3296			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3297			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3298			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3299
3300	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3301
3302	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3303			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3304			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3305
3306	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3307
3308				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3309				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3310				specified in one of the following formats:
3311
3312				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3313				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3314
3315				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3316				bus/device/function address which may change
3317				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3318				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3319				by other kernel parameters. If the
3320				domain is left unspecified, it is
3321				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3322				to a device through multiple device/function
3323				addresses can be specified after the base
3324				address (this is more robust against
3325				renumbering issues).  The second format
3326				selects devices using IDs from the
3327				configuration space which may match multiple
3328				devices in the system.
3329
3330		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3331				changes anything
3332		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3333		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3334				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3335				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3336		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3337				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3338				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3339				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3340		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3341				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3342				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3343		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3344				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3345				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3346				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3347				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3348				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3349				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3350		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3351				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3352				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3353		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3354				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3355		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3356				Configuration
3357		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3358				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3359				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3360		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3361				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3362				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3363		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3364				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3365				should never be necessary.
3366		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3367				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3368				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3369				when the system masks IRQs.
3370		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3371				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3372				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3373				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3374		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3375				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3376				on several machines and they hang the machine
3377				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3378				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3379				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3380				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3381				motherboard.
3382		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3383				Use with caution as certain devices share
3384				address decoders between ROMs and other
3385				resources.
3386		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3387				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3388				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3389		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3390				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3391		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3392				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3393				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3394				this way.
3395		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3396				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3397				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3398				F0000h-100000h range.
3399		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3400				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3401				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3402				explicitly which ones they are.
3403		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3404				numbers ourselves, overriding
3405				whatever the firmware may have done.
3406		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3407				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3408				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3409				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3410				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3411				IRQ routing is enabled.
3412		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3413				or for PCI scanning.
3414		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3415				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3416				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3417				please report a bug.
3418		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3419				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3420		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3421				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3422				so this option is a temporary workaround
3423				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3424		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3425				handle more pci cards
3426		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3427				This might help on some broken boards which
3428				machine check when some devices' config space
3429				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3430				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3431		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3432				This sorting is done to get a device
3433				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3434		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3435		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3436				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3437		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3438				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3439		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3440				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3441				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3442				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3443				or bus can support) for best performance.
3444		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3445				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3446				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3447				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3448				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3449				that hot-added devices will work.
3450		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3451				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3452				The default value is 256 bytes.
3453		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3454				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3455				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3456		resource_alignment=
3457				Format:
3458				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3459				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3460				aligned memory resources. How to
3461				specify the device is described above.
3462				If <order of align> is not specified,
3463				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3464				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3465				windows need to be expanded.
3466				To specify the alignment for several
3467				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3468				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3469				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3470		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3471				end-to-end CRC checking).
3472				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3473				the default.
3474				off: Turn ECRC off
3475				on: Turn ECRC on.
3476		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3477				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3478				Default size is 256 bytes.
3479		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3480				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3481				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3482		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3483				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3484				Default is 1.
3485		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3486				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3487				accommodate resources required by all child
3488				devices.
3489				off: Turn realloc off
3490				on: Turn realloc on
3491		realloc		same as realloc=on
3492		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3493		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3494				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3495		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3496				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3497				port.
3498		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3499				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3500				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3501				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3502				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3503				taints the kernel.
3504		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3505				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3506				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3507				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3508				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3509				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3510				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3511				this removes isolation between devices and
3512				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3513		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
3514		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
3515
3516	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3517			Management.
3518		off	Disable ASPM.
3519		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3520			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3521
3522	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3523		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3524			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3525			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3526			also tries to use these services.
3527		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3528			hotplug).
3529
3530	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3531		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3532		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3533
3534	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3535		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3536			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3537
3538	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3539
3540	pd_ignore_unused
3541			[PM]
3542			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3543			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3544			for debug and development, but should not be
3545			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3546
3547	pd.		[PARIDE]
3548			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3549
3550	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3551			boot time.
3552			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3553			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3554
3555	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3556			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3557			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3558			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3559			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3560			and performance comparison.
3561
3562	pf.		[PARIDE]
3563			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3564
3565	pg.		[PARIDE]
3566			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3567
3568	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3569			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
3570
3571	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3572			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3573			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3574
3575	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3576			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3577			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3578
3579	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3580			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3581			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3582			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3583			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3584			possible settings and some assignment information.
3585
3586	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3587			{ off }
3588
3589	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3590			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3591
3592	pnp_reserve_irq=
3593			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3594
3595	pnp_reserve_dma=
3596			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3597
3598	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3599			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3600
3601	pnp_reserve_mem=
3602			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3603			autoconfiguration.
3604			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3605
3606	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3607			Default is 21.
3608			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3609			may be specified.
3610			Format: <port>,<port>....
3611
3612	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3613			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3614			platform machine description specific power_save
3615			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3616			execution priority.
3617
3618	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3619			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3620			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3621			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3622			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3623
3624	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3625			Format: {"off"}
3626			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3627
3628	print-fatal-signals=
3629			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3630
3631			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3632			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3633			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3634			coredump - etc.
3635
3636			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3637			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3638
3639			default: off.
3640
3641	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3642			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3643			panics
3644			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3645			default: disabled
3646
3647	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3648			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3649			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3650			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3651			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3652			Default: ratelimit
3653
3654	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3655			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3656
3657	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3658			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3659			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3660
3661	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3662			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3663			instead using the legacy FADT method
3664
3665	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3666			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3667			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3668				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3669			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3670			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3671				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3672			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3673			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3674				statistical time based profiling.
3675
3676	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3677			before loading.
3678			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
3679
3680	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
3681			tracking.
3682			Format: <bool>
3683
3684	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3685			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3686	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3687			per second.
3688	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3689			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3690			(0 = never).
3691	psmouse.resolution=
3692			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3693	psmouse.smartscroll=
3694			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3695			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3696
3697	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3698
3699	pt.		[PARIDE]
3700			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3701
3702	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3703			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
3704			removes hardening, but improves performance of
3705			system calls and interrupts.
3706
3707			on   - unconditionally enable
3708			off  - unconditionally disable
3709			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3710			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3711
3712			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3713
3714	nopti		[X86_64]
3715			Equivalent to pti=off
3716
3717	pty.legacy_count=
3718			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3719			default number.
3720
3721	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3722
3723	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3724
3725	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3726			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3727
3728	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3729			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
3730
3731	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
3732			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
3733			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
3734			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
3735			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
3736
3737	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3738
3739		cec_disable	[X86]
3740				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3741				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3742
3743	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3744			The argument is a cpu list, as described above,
3745			except that the string "all" can be used to
3746			specify every CPU on the system.
3747
3748			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3749			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3750			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
3751			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
3752			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
3753			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
3754			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
3755			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
3756			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
3757			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3758
3759	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3760			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3761			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3762			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3763			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3764			This improves the real-time response for the
3765			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3766			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3767			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3768			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3769
3770	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3771			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3772			process in one batch.
3773
3774	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3775			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3776			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3777			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3778
3779	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3780			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3781			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3782
3783	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3784			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3785			RCU grace-period initialization.
3786
3787	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3788			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3789			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3790			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3791			the rcu_node combining tree.
3792
3793	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
3794			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
3795			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
3796			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
3797			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
3798
3799	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3800			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3801			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3802			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3803			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3804
3805	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3806			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3807			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3808			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3809			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3810			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3811			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3812
3813	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3814			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3815			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3816			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3817			and maximum value is HZ.
3818
3819	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3820			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3821			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3822			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3823
3824	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3825			Set required age in jiffies for a
3826			given grace period before RCU starts
3827			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3828			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
3829			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
3830			a value based on the most recent settings
3831			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
3832			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
3833			This calculated value may be viewed in
3834			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
3835			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
3836			overwritten.
3837
3838	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3839			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3840			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3841			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3842			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3843			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3844			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3845			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3846			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3847			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3848
3849	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
3850			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
3851			each group, which defaults to the square root
3852			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
3853			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
3854			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
3855			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
3856
3857	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3858			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3859			batch limiting is disabled.
3860
3861	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3862			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3863			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3864
3865	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3866			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3867			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3868
3869	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3870			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3871			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3872			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3873			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3874
3875	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3876			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3877			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3878			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3879			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3880			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3881
3882	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
3883			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
3884			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
3885			why a new grace period has not yet started.
3886
3887	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3888			Measure performance of asynchronous
3889			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3890
3891	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3892			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3893			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3894			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3895			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3896			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3897
3898	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3899			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3900			grace-period primitives.
3901
3902	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3903			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3904			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3905			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3906			interference.
3907
3908	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3909			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3910			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3911			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3912			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3913			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3914			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3915			a single reader.
3916
3917	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3918			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3919			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3920			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3921
3922	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3923			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3924
3925	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3926			Shut the system down after performance tests
3927			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3928			testing.
3929
3930	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3931			Enable additional printk() statements.
3932
3933	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3934			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3935			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3936			no holdoff.
3937
3938	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3939			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3940			in microseconds.
3941
3942	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3943			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3944			in microseconds.
3945
3946	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3947			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3948			in seconds.
3949
3950	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
3951			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
3952			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
3953
3954	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
3955			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
3956			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
3957
3958	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
3959			Number of seconds to wait between successive
3960			forward-progress tests.
3961
3962	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
3963			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
3964			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
3965			testing.
3966
3967	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3968			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3969			primitives, if available.
3970
3971	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3972			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3973
3974	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3975			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3976			update-side primitives, if available.
3977
3978	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3979			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3980			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3981			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3982			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3983			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3984			they are all non-zero.
3985
3986	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3987			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3988
3989	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3990			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
3991			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3992			test, hence the "fake".
3993
3994	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3995			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3996			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3997			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3998			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3999			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4000
4001	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4002			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4003
4004	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4005			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4006
4007	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4008			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4009			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4010
4011	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4012			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
4013			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4014			during the rcutorture test.
4015
4016	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4017			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
4018			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4019
4020	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4021			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4022			warnings, zero to disable.
4023
4024	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
4025			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
4026
4027	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
4028			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
4029
4030	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4031			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
4032
4033	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
4034			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
4035			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
4036			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
4037			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
4038
4039	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
4040			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
4041			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
4042			under test support RCU priority boosting.
4043
4044	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
4045			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
4046
4047	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
4048			Interval (s) between each boost test.
4049
4050	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
4051			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
4052			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
4053
4054	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
4055			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4056
4057	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
4058			Enable additional printk() statements.
4059
4060	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
4061			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
4062			stall warning.
4063
4064	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
4065			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4066
4067	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4068			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4069
4070	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
4071			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
4072			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
4073			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
4074			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
4075			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
4076			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4077
4078	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
4079			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
4080			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
4081			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
4082			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
4083			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
4084			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
4085			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
4086			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4087
4088	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
4089			Once boot has completed (that is, after
4090			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
4091			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
4092			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4093
4094	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4095			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
4096			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
4097			to zero.
4098
4099	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
4100			Run the RCU early boot self tests
4101
4102	rdinit=		[KNL]
4103			Format: <full_path>
4104			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
4105			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
4106
4107	rdrand=		[X86]
4108			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
4109				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
4110				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
4111				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
4112				path).
4113
4114	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
4115			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
4116			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
4117			mba.
4118			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
4119				rdt=cmt,!mba
4120
4121	reboot=		[KNL]
4122			Format (x86 or x86_64):
4123				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
4124				[[,]s[mp]#### \
4125				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
4126				[[,]f[orce]
4127			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
4128					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
4129					reboot only),
4130			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
4131			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
4132			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
4133					to be used for rebooting.
4134
4135	relax_domain_level=
4136			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
4137			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
4138
4139	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
4140			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
4141			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
4142			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
4143			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
4144
4145	reservetop=	[X86-32]
4146			Format: nn[KMG]
4147			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
4148			address space.
4149
4150	reservelow=	[X86]
4151			Format: nn[K]
4152			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
4153			the bottom of the address space.
4154
4155	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
4156			during initialization.
4157
4158	resume=		[SWSUSP]
4159			Specify the partition device for software suspend
4160			Format:
4161			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
4162
4163	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
4164			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
4165			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
4166			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
4167			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
4168
4169	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4170			read the resume files
4171
4172	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
4173			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4174			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4175
4176	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
4177		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
4178				present during boot.
4179		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
4180		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
4181		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
4182				(that will set all pages holding image data
4183				during restoration read-only).
4184
4185	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
4186
4187	rfkill.default_state=
4188		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
4189			etc. communication is blocked by default.
4190		1	Unblocked.
4191
4192	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
4193		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4194		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4195			blocked and the previous configuration.
4196		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4197			blocked and everything unblocked.
4198
4199	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4200			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4201
4202	ring3mwait=disable
4203			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4204			CPUs.
4205
4206	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4207
4208	rodata=		[KNL]
4209		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4210		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4211
4212	rockchip.usb_uart
4213			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4214			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4215			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4216			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4217
4218	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
4219			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4220
4221	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4222			mount the root filesystem
4223
4224	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4225
4226	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4227
4228	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4229			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4230			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4231
4232	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4233			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4234			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4235			managed by CMA.
4236
4237	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4238
4239	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4240
4241	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4242			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4243		strict
4244			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4245			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4246			which is faster.
4247
4248	sa1100ir	[NET]
4249			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4250
4251	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4252
4253	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4254
4255	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4256			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4257			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4258			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4259
4260	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
4261			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
4262			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
4263			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4264			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
4265			1 -- enable.
4266			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
4267			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
4268
4269	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
4270			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
4271			"lsm=" parameter.
4272
4273	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
4274			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4275			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
4276			0 -- disable.
4277			1 -- enable.
4278			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4279			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
4280			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
4281
4282	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
4283			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4284			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
4285			0 -- disable.
4286			1 -- enable.
4287			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4288
4289	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
4290
4291	shapers=	[NET]
4292			Maximal number of shapers.
4293
4294	simeth=		[IA-64]
4295	simscsi=
4296
4297	slram=		[HW,MTD]
4298
4299	slab_nomerge	[MM]
4300			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
4301			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
4302			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
4303			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
4304			layout control by attackers can usually be
4305			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
4306			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
4307			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
4308			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
4309			own.
4310			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4311
4312	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
4313			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4314			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4315			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
4316			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
4317
4318	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
4319			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
4320			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
4321			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
4322			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
4323			last alloc / free. For more information see
4324			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4325
4326	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
4327			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
4328			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
4329			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
4330			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
4331			directories and files being created under
4332			/sys/kernel/slub.
4333
4334	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
4335			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4336			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4337			fragmentation. For more information see
4338			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4339
4340	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
4341			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
4342			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
4343			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
4344			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
4345			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
4346			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
4347			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4348
4349	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
4350			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
4351			lower than slub_max_order.
4352			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4353
4354	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
4355			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
4356			See slab_nomerge for more information.
4357
4358	smart2=		[HW]
4359			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
4360
4361	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
4362	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
4363	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
4364	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
4365	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
4366	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
4367	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
4368				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
4369				1: Fast pin select (default)
4370				2: ATC IRMode
4371
4372	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
4373			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
4374			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
4375			actual hardware limit.
4376			Format: <integer>
4377			Default: -1 (no limit)
4378
4379	softlockup_panic=
4380			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
4381			Format: <integer>
4382
4383			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
4384			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
4385			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
4386			which is the respective build-time switch to that
4387			functionality.
4388
4389	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
4390			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
4391			backtraces on all cpus.
4392			Format: <integer>
4393
4394	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
4395			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
4396
4397	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4398			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
4399			The default operation protects the kernel from
4400			user space attacks.
4401
4402			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
4403			       spectre_v2_user=on
4404			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
4405			       spectre_v2_user=off
4406			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4407			       vulnerable
4408
4409			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
4410			mitigation method at run time according to the
4411			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
4412			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
4413			compiler with which the kernel was built.
4414
4415			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
4416			against user space to user space task attacks.
4417
4418			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
4419			the user space protections.
4420
4421			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
4422
4423			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
4424			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
4425			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
4426
4427			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4428			spectre_v2=auto.
4429
4430	spectre_v2_user=
4431			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4432		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
4433		        user space tasks
4434
4435			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
4436				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
4437
4438			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
4439				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
4440
4441			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
4442				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
4443				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
4444				  is inherited on fork.
4445
4446			prctl,ibpb
4447				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
4448				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4449				  always when switching between different user
4450				  space processes.
4451
4452			seccomp
4453				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
4454				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
4455				  they explicitly opt out.
4456
4457			seccomp,ibpb
4458				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
4459				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4460				  always when switching between different
4461				  user space processes.
4462
4463			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
4464				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
4465
4466			Default mitigation:
4467			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4468
4469			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4470			spectre_v2_user=auto.
4471
4472	spec_store_bypass_disable=
4473			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
4474			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
4475
4476			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
4477			a common industry wide performance optimization known
4478			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
4479			to the same memory location may not be observed by
4480			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
4481			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
4482			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
4483			end of a particular speculation execution window.
4484
4485			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4486			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
4487			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
4488			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
4489
4490			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
4491			Bypass optimization is used.
4492
4493			On x86 the options are:
4494
4495			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
4496			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
4497			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
4498				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
4499				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
4500				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
4501				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
4502				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
4503			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
4504				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
4505				  for a process by default. The state of the control
4506				  is inherited on fork.
4507			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
4508				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
4509
4510			Default mitigations:
4511			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4512
4513			On powerpc the options are:
4514
4515			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
4516				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
4517				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
4518				  exit.
4519			off	- No action.
4520
4521			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4522			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
4523
4524	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
4525	spia_fio_base=
4526	spia_pedr=
4527	spia_peddr=
4528
4529	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
4530			Specifies how frequently to check for
4531			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
4532			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
4533			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
4534			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
4535			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
4536			are ignored.
4537
4538	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4539			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4540			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4541			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4542			grace period will be considered for automatic
4543			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
4544			expediting.
4545
4546	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
4547			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
4548
4549			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
4550			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
4551			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
4552			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
4553
4554			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
4555				   for both kernel and userspace
4556			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
4557				   for both kernel and userspace
4558			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
4559				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
4560				   to allow userspace to register its
4561				   interest in being mitigated too.
4562
4563	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
4564			override the default stack gap protection. The value
4565			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4566			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4567			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4568			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4569
4570	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
4571			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4572
4573	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4574			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4575			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4576			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4577			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4578			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4579			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4580
4581	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
4582			Format: <num>
4583			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4584			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4585			as the initial boot-console.
4586			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4587
4588	sti_font=	[HW]
4589			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4590
4591	stifb=		[HW]
4592			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4593
4594	sunrpc.min_resvport=
4595	sunrpc.max_resvport=
4596			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4597			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4598			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4599			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4600			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4601			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4602			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4603			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4604			maximum port values.
4605
4606	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4607			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4608			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4609			process in parallel from a single connection.
4610			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4611
4612	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4613			[NFS]
4614			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4615			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4616			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4617			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4618			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4619			NFS server is running.
4620
4621			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4622				    automatically using heuristics
4623			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4624			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4625			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4626				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4627
4628	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4629	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4630			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4631			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4632			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4633			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4634			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4635			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4636
4637	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4638			[SUSPEND]
4639			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4640			mode before resuming the system (see
4641			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4642			is set. Default value is 5.
4643
4644	swapaccount=[0|1]
4645			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4646			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4647			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
4648
4649	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4650			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4651			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4652			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4653			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4654			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4655
4656	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4657
4658	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4659			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4660			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4661			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4662			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4663			in older udev will not work anymore.
4664			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4665			the kernel configuration.
4666
4667	sysrq_always_enabled
4668			[KNL]
4669			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4670			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4671			Useful for debugging.
4672
4673	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4674			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4675			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4676			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4677			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4678			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4679
4680	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4681
4682	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4683			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4684			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4685			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4686			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4687			The system is woken from this state using a
4688			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4689
4690	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4691			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4692
4693	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4694			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4695			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4696
4697	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4698			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4699			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4700
4701	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4702			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4703			critical and hot trip points.
4704
4705	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4706			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4707
4708	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4709			-1: disable all passive trip points
4710			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4711			value
4712
4713	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4714			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4715			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4716			0: no polling (default)
4717
4718	threadirqs	[KNL]
4719			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4720			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4721
4722	topology=	[S390]
4723			Format: {off | on}
4724			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4725			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4726			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4727			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4728			Default is on.
4729
4730	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4731			Format: {off}
4732			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4733			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4734			LPAR.
4735
4736	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4737
4738	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4739			Format: integer pcr id
4740			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4741			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4742			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4743			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4744			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4745			are saved.
4746
4747	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4748			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4749
4750	trace_event=[event-list]
4751			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4752			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4753			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4754			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
4755
4756	trace_options=[option-list]
4757			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4758			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4759			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4760			to echo the option name into
4761
4762			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4763
4764			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4765			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4766
4767			      trace_options=stacktrace
4768
4769			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
4770			section.
4771
4772	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4773			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4774			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4775			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4776			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4777			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4778
4779			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4780			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4781			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4782			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4783
4784			** CAUTION **
4785
4786			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4787			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4788			the system to live lock.
4789
4790	traceoff_on_warning
4791			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4792			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4793			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4794			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4795
4796			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4797			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4798			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4799
4800			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4801			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4802
4803	transparent_hugepage=
4804			[KNL]
4805			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4806			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4807			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4808			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
4809			for more details.
4810
4811	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4812			Format: <string>
4813			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4814			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4815			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4816			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4817			virtualized environment.
4818			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4819			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4820			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4821			can add overhead.
4822			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4823			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4824			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4825			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
4826			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
4827			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
4828			acceptable).
4829
4830	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4831			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4832			Format:
4833			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4834			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4835
4836	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4837			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4838			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4839			help "seeing" what's going on.
4840
4841	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4842			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4843
4844	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4845			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4846			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4847			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4848			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4849			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4850			reported either.
4851
4852	unknown_nmi_panic
4853			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4854
4855	usbcore.authorized_default=
4856			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4857			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4858			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
4859			if device connected to internal port)
4860
4861	usbcore.autosuspend=
4862			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4863			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4864			is the time required before an idle device will be
4865			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4866			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4867
4868	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4869			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4870
4871	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4872			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4873			(default = 65536).
4874
4875	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4876			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4877
4878	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4879			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4880			scheme,  applies only to low and full-speed devices
4881			 (default 0 = off).
4882
4883	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4884			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4885			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4886
4887	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4888			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4889			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4890
4891	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4892			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4893			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4894			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4895
4896	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4897
4898	usbcore.quirks=
4899			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
4900			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
4901			commas. Each entry has the form
4902			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
4903			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
4904			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
4905			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
4906			the following meanings:
4907				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
4908					descriptors must not be fetched using
4909					a 255-byte read);
4910				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
4911					correctly so reset it instead);
4912				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
4913					Set-Interface requests);
4914				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
4915					handle its Configuration or Interface
4916					strings);
4917				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
4918					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
4919				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
4920					more interface descriptions than the
4921					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
4922					talking to these interfaces);
4923				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
4924					during initialization, after we read
4925					the device descriptor);
4926				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
4927					high speed and super speed interrupt
4928					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
4929					require the interval in microframes (1
4930					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
4931					calculated as interval = 2 ^
4932					(bInterval-1).
4933					Devices with this quirk report their
4934					bInterval as the result of this
4935					calculation instead of the exponent
4936					variable used in the calculation);
4937				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
4938					handle device_qualifier descriptor
4939					requests);
4940				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
4941					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
4942					remote wakeup capability);
4943				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
4944					Power Management);
4945				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
4946					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
4947					frames instead of the USB 2.0
4948					calculation);
4949				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
4950					to be disconnected before suspend to
4951					prevent spurious wakeup);
4952				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
4953					pause after every control message);
4954				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
4955					delay after resetting its port);
4956			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
4957
4958	usbhid.mousepoll=
4959			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4960
4961	usbhid.jspoll=
4962			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4963
4964	usbhid.kbpoll=
4965			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
4966
4967	usb-storage.delay_use=
4968			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4969			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4970
4971	usb-storage.quirks=
4972			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4973			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4974			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4975			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4976			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4977			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4978			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4979				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4980					of sense data);
4981				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4982					bytes of sense data);
4983				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4984					device capacity by one sector);
4985				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4986					READ_DISC_INFO command);
4987				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4988					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4989				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4990					command, uas only);
4991				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4992					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4993				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4994					reported device capacity by one
4995					sector if the number is odd);
4996				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4997					device);
4998				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4999					command, uas only);
5000				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
5001					unlock ejectable media);
5002				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
5003					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
5004				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
5005					initial READ(10) command);
5006				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
5007					reported by the device);
5008				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
5009					by default);
5010				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
5011					bogus residue values);
5012				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
5013					Logical Unit);
5014				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
5015					commands, uas only);
5016				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
5017				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
5018					medium is write-protected).
5019				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
5020					even if the device claims no cache)
5021			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
5022
5023	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
5024			Format: <int>
5025			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
5026				 1 - undefined instruction events
5027				 2 - system calls
5028				 4 - invalid data aborts
5029				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
5030				16 - SIGBUS faults
5031			Example: user_debug=31
5032
5033	userpte=
5034			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
5035
5036				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
5037					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
5038					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
5039
5040	vdso=		[X86,SH]
5041			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
5042
5043			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
5044			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
5045
5046	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
5047			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
5048			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
5049
5050			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
5051			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
5052			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
5053
5054			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
5055			alias for vdso32=0.
5056
5057			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
5058			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
5059
5060	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
5061			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
5062
5063	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
5064			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
5065
5066	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
5067			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
5068			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
5069			level and then send out the event to user space through
5070			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
5071			will only send out the event without touching backlight
5072			brightness level.
5073			default: 1
5074
5075	virtio_mmio.device=
5076			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
5077
5078				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
5079			where:
5080				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
5081						like K, M and G)
5082				<baseaddr> := physical base address
5083				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
5084						request_irq())
5085				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
5086			example:
5087				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
5088
5089			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
5090
5091	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
5092			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
5093			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
5094			Use vga=ask for menu.
5095			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
5096			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
5097
5098	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
5099			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
5100			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
5101			All options are enabled by default, and this
5102			interface is meant to allow for selectively
5103			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
5104			debugging features.
5105
5106			Available options are:
5107			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
5108			  -	Disable all of the above options
5109
5110	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
5111			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
5112			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
5113			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
5114			mapped kernel RAM.
5115
5116	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
5117			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
5118			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
5119
5120	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
5121			Format: <command>
5122
5123	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
5124			Format: <command>
5125
5126	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
5127			Format: <command>
5128
5129	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
5130			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
5131			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
5132			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
5133			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
5134			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
5135			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
5136
5137			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
5138			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
5139				    page is readable.
5140
5141			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
5142			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
5143				    page is not readable.
5144
5145			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
5146			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
5147			            might break your system.
5148
5149	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
5150			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
5151			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
5152
5153	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
5154			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
5155			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
5156			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
5157
5158	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
5159			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
5160			Change the default blue palette of the console.
5161			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5162			ranging from 0-255.
5163
5164	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
5165			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
5166			Change the default green palette of the console.
5167			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5168			ranging from 0-255.
5169
5170	vt.default_red=	[VT]
5171			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
5172			Change the default red palette of the console.
5173			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5174			ranging from 0-255.
5175
5176	vt.default_utf8=
5177			[VT]
5178			Format=<0|1>
5179			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
5180			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
5181			newly opened terminals.
5182
5183	vt.global_cursor_default=
5184			[VT]
5185			Format=<-1|0|1>
5186			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
5187			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
5188			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
5189			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
5190			cursors, 1 will display them.
5191
5192	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
5193			Default: 2 = green.
5194
5195	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
5196			Default: 3 = cyan.
5197
5198	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
5199			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
5200			or other driver-specific files in the
5201			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
5202
5203	watchdog_thresh=
5204			[KNL]
5205			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
5206			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
5207			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
5208			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
5209			seconds.
5210
5211	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
5212			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
5213			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
5214			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
5215			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
5216			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
5217			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
5218			corresponding sysfs file.
5219
5220	workqueue.disable_numa
5221			By default, all work items queued to unbound
5222			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
5223			issued on, which results in better behavior in
5224			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
5225			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
5226			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
5227			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
5228
5229	workqueue.power_efficient
5230			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
5231			they show better performance thanks to cache
5232			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
5233			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
5234
5235			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
5236			were observed to contribute significantly to power
5237			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
5238			power usage at the cost of small performance
5239			overhead.
5240
5241			The default value of this parameter is determined by
5242			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
5243
5244	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
5245			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
5246			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
5247			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
5248			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
5249			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
5250			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
5251			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
5252			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
5253			impacted.
5254
5255	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
5256			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
5257			supporting x2apic.
5258
5259	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
5260			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
5261			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
5262			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
5263			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
5264
5265	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
5266			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
5267			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
5268			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
5269			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
5270			domains.
5271
5272	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
5273			Unplug Xen emulated devices
5274			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
5275			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
5276			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
5277			nics -- unplug network devices
5278			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
5279			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
5280				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
5281				the unplug protocol
5282			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
5283
5284	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
5285			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
5286			optimizations.
5287
5288	xen_nopv	[X86]
5289			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
5290			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
5291			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
5292			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
5293
5294	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
5295			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
5296			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
5297			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
5298			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
5299
5300	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
5301			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
5302			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
5303			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
5304			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
5305			more timer interrupts.
5306
5307	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
5308			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
5309			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
5310			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
5311
5312	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
5313			Format:
5314			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
5315
5316	xive=		[PPC]
5317			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
5318			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
5319			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
5320
5321			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
5322				  controller on both pseries and powernv
5323				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
5324
5325	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
5326			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
5327			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
5328			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
5329