1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			{ vendor | video | native | none }
26			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43			This option is useful for developers to identify the
44			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49			Format: <int>
50			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
58			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59			debug layers and levels.
60
61			Enable processor driver info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
140			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146			second kernel for kdump.
147
148	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
159			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
160			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
161			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
162						  strings
163			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
164						  strings
165			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
166
167			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
170			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
175			care about the state of the feature group strings which
176			should be controlled by the OSPM.
177			Examples:
178			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
185			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186			multiple times through kernel command line is also
187			meaningless.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190			     FALSE.
191
192			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
195			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
198			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
200			is useful when one want to control the state of the
201			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202			the OSPM features.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209			     equivalent to
210			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211			     and
212			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
216			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218			and always returns good values.
219
220	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
229				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
230				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
231			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
232			s3_bios and s3_mode.
233			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
234			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
235			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
236			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
237			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
238			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
239			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
240			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
241			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
242			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
243			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
244			used (or even warned about) during resume.
245			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
246			control method, with respect to putting devices into
247			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
248			of _PTS is used by default).
249			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
250			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
251			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
252			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
253			but some broken systems don't work without it).
254			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
255			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
256			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
257
258	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
259			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
260			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
261
262	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
263			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
264
265	agp=		[AGP]
266			{ off | try_unsupported }
267			off: disable AGP support
268			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
269				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
270
271	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
272			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
273
274	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
275			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
276			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
277			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
278
279	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
280			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
281			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
282			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
283			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
284			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
285			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
286
287			32: only for 32-bit processes
288			64: only for 64-bit processes
289			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
290			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
291
292	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
293			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
294			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
295			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
296			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
297			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
298
299	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
300			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
301			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
302			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
303			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
304			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
305			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
306
307			See Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
308			information.
309
310	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
311			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
312			Possible values are:
313			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
314			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
315				    the system
316			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
317					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
318					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
319					  requirements as needed. This option
320					  does not override iommu=pt
321			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
322				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
323				       option with care.
324			pgtbl_v1     - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
325			pgtbl_v2     - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
326
327	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
328			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
329			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
330			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
331			IOMMU initialization.
332
333	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
334			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
335			remapping modes:
336			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
337			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
338			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
339			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
340			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
341
342	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
343			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
344			Format: <a>,<b>
345			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
346
347	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
348			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
349			connected to one of 16 gameports
350			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
351
352	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
353			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
354			Format: noidle
355			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
356			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
357			APC and your system crashes randomly.
358
359	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
360			Change the output verbosity while booting
361			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
362			Change the amount of debugging information output
363			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
364			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
365			driver name.
366			Format: apic=driver_name
367			Examples: apic=bigsmp
368
369	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
370			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
371			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
372			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
373			      backup of CPU 0
374			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
375			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
376			      shot down by NMI
377
378	autoconf=	[IPV6]
379			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
380
381	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
382			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
383			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
384			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
385			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
386			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
387			apic=verbose is specified.
388			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
389
390	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
391			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
392
393	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
394			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
395
396	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
397			Identification support
398
399	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
400			support
401
402	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
403			support
404
405	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
406			Extension support
407
408	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
409			Extension support
410
411	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
412
413	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
414
415	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
416			EzKey and similar keyboards
417
418	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
419
420	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
421			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
422
423	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
424			keyboards
425
426	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
427			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
428
429	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
430			Use software keyboard repeat
431
432	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
433			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
434			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
435			    enabled until the next reboot
436			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
437			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
438			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
439			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
440			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
441			    userspace auditd.
442			Default: unset
443
444	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
445			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
446			Default: 64
447
448	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
449			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
450			Format: { "0" | "1" }
451			0 - Disable the BAU.
452			1 - Enable the BAU.
453			unset - Disable the BAU.
454
455	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
456			Format: <io>,<mode>
457
458	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
459			Format: <io>,<mode>
460			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
461
462	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
463			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
464			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
465			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
466
467	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
468			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
469			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
470			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
471
472	bert_disable	[ACPI]
473			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
474
475	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
476			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
477
478	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
479			embedded devices based on command line input.
480			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
481
482	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
483			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
484			no delay (0).
485			Format: integer
486
487	bootconfig	[KNL]
488			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
489			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
490
491			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
492
493	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
494	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
495			kernel args too.
496	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
497	bttv.tuner=
498
499	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
500			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
501			at a time.
502
503	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
504
505	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
506			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
507			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
508			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
509			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
510			This option provides an override for these situations.
511
512	carrier_timeout=
513			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
514			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
515			it waits 120 seconds.
516
517	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
518			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
519			trust validation.
520			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
521
522	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
523			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
524			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
525			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
526			others).
527
528	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
529			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
530
531	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
532			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
533			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
534			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
535			  a single hierarchy
536			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
537			  subsystem
538			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
539			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
540			  created
541			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
542			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
543			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
544			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
545			stall information accounting feature
546
547	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
548			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
549			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
550			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
551			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
552			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
553			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
554			all v1 hierarchies.
555
556	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
557			Format: <string>
558			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
559			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
560
561	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
562			Format: { "0" | "1" }
563			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
564			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
565				any implied execute protection).
566			1 -- check protection requested by application.
567			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
568			Value can be changed at runtime via
569				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
570			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
571
572	cio_ignore=	[S390]
573			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
574
575	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
576			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
577			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
578			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
579			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
580			ones should be.
581			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
582			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
583			instability issue. However, not all features have names
584			in /proc/cpuinfo.
585			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
586			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
587			or using the feature without checking anything
588			will still see it. This just prevents it from
589			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
590			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
591			some critical bits.
592
593	clk_ignore_unused
594			[CLK]
595			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
596			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
597			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
598			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
599			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
600			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
601			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
602			platform with proper driver support.  For more
603			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
604
605	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
606			[Deprecated]
607			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
608			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
609			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
610			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
611
612	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
613			Format: <string>
614			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
615			with the name specified.
616			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
617			the platform:
618			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
619			[ACPI] acpi_pm
620			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
621				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
622			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
623				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
624			[MIPS] MIPS
625			[PARISC] cr16
626			[S390] tod
627			[SH] SuperH
628			[SPARC64] tick
629			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
630
631	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
632			[ARM,ARM64]
633			Format: <bool>
634			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
635			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
636			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
637			systems.
638
639	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
640			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
641			external delays before the clock will be marked
642			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
643			three attempts to read the clock under test.
644
645	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
646			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
647			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
648			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
649			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
650			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
651			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
652			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
653			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
654
655	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
656			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
657			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
658			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
659			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
660
661	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
662			[KNL,CMA]
663			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
664			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
665			placement constraint by the physical address range of
666			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
667			altogether. For more information, see
668			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
669
670	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
671			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
672			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
673			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
674			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
675			specificed, the default value is 0.
676			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
677			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
678			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
679			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
680
681	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
682			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
683			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
684			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
685			a hypervisor.
686			Default: yes
687
688	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
689			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
690			allocations, by default set to 256K.
691
692	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
693			Format:
694			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
695
696	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
697			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
698
699	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
700			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
701			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
702
703	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
704	conmode=
705
706	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
707
708		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
709
710		ttyS<n>[,options]
711		ttyUSB0[,options]
712			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
713			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
714			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
715			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
716			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
717
718			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
719			information.  See
720			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
721			alternative.
722
723		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
724		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
725		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
726		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
727		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
728			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
729			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
730			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
731			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
732			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
733			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
734			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
735			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
736			the h/w is not re-initialized.
737
738		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
739			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
740
741		{ null | "" }
742			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
743			console messages discarded.
744			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
745			kernel command line.
746
747		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
748		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
749			console=brl,ttyS0
750		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
751
752	console_msg_format=
753			[KNL] Change console messages format
754		default
755			By default we print messages on consoles in
756			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
757			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
758			`printk_time' param).
759		syslog
760			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
761			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
762			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
763			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
764			from /proc/kmsg.
765
766	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
767			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
768			Defaults to 0.
769
770	coredump_filter=
771			[KNL] Change the default value for
772			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
773			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
774
775	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
776			[ARM,ARM64]
777			Format: <bool>
778			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
779			0: default value, disable debugging
780			1: enable debugging at boot time
781
782	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
783			Format:
784			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
785
786	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
787			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
788			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
789			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
790			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
791			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
792			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
793			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
794			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
795			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
796			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
797			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
798			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
799
800	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
801			disable the cpuidle sub-system
802
803	cpuidle.governor=
804			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
805
806	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
807			disable the cpufreq sub-system
808
809	cpufreq.default_governor=
810			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
811			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
812			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
813
814	cpu_init_udelay=N
815			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
816			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
817			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
818			Default: 10000
819
820	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
821			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
822			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
823			succeeds in any situation.
824			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
825			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
826			kernel more unstable.
827
828	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
829			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
830			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
831			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
832			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
833			is selected automatically.
834			[KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and
835			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
836			hasn't been specified.
837			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
838
839	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
840			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
841			in the running system. The syntax of range is
842			start-[end] where start and end are both
843			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
844			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
845
846	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
847			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
848			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
849			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
850			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
851			available.
852			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
853	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
854			[KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
855			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
856			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
857			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
858			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
859			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
860			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
861			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
862			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
863			for second kernel instead.
864			0: to disable low allocation.
865			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
866			or memory reserved is below 4G.
867
868			[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
869			This one lets the user specify a low range in the
870			DMA zone for the crash dump kernel.
871			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
872			or memory reserved is located in the DMA zones.
873
874	cryptomgr.notests
875			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
876
877	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
878			Format: <dma>
879
880	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
881			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
882
883	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
884			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
885			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
886			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
887			to resolve the hang situation.
888			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
889			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
890			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
891			     but more data)
892
893	dasd=		[HW,NET]
894			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
895
896	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
897			(one device per port)
898			Format: <port#>,<type>
899			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
900
901	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
902
903	debug_boot_weak_hash
904			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
905			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
906			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
907			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
908			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
909			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
910
911	debug_locks_verbose=
912			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
913			Format: <int>
914			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
915			self-tests.
916			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
917			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
918			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
919			useful to lockdep developers.
920
921	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
922
923	no_debug_objects
924			[KNL] Disable object debugging
925
926	debug_guardpage_minorder=
927			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
928			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
929			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
930			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
931			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
932			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
933			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
934			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
935			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
936			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
937			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
938			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
939			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
940			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
941			bypassed) which are not detectable by
942			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
943			tracking down these problems.
944
945	debug_pagealloc=
946			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
947			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
948			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
949			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
950			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
951			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
952			on: enable the feature
953
954	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
955			and debugfs internal clients.
956			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
957			on: 	All functions are enabled.
958			no-mount:
959				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
960			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
961				its content. There is nothing to mount.
962			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
963			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
964				or directories within debugfs.
965				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
966				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
967			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
968
969	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
970
971	default_hugepagesz=
972			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
973			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
974			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
975			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
976			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
977			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
978			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
979			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
980			Format: size[KMG]
981
982	deferred_probe_timeout=
983			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
984			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
985			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
986			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
987			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
988			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
989			successful driver registration. This option will also
990			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
991			retrying.
992
993	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
994
995	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
996			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
997			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
998			hardware.
999
1000	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1001			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1002			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1003			blacklisted features.
1004
1005	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1006			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1007			(disabled by default).
1008
1009	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1010			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1011			capability is set.
1012
1013	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1014			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1015
1016	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1017			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1018
1019	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1020			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1021			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1022			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1023			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1024			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1025			          only (compression on level 1)
1026			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1027			          only (decompression)
1028			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1029			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1030
1031	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1032			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1033
1034	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1035			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1036			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1037			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1038			miss to occur.
1039
1040	stress_slb	[PPC]
1041			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
1042			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
1043			on kernel addresses.
1044
1045	disable=	[IPV6]
1046			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1047
1048	disable_radix	[PPC]
1049			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1050
1051	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
1052			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
1053			invalidate.
1054
1055	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1056			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1057			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1058
1059	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1060			Format: <int>
1061			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1062			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1063			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1064			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1065			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1066			INIT from AP to BSP.
1067
1068	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1069			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1070			to workaround buggy firmware.
1071
1072	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1073			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1074
1075	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1076			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1077			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1078			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1079
1080	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1081			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1082			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1083			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1084			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1085
1086	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1087			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1088			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1089
1090	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1091
1092	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1093			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1094
1095	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1096			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1097			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1098			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1099			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1100			architectural default is too low.
1101
1102	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1103			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1104			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1105			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1106			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1107			driver later using sysfs.
1108
1109	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1110			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1111			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1112			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1113			match the *.
1114			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1115
1116	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1117			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1118			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1119			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1120			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1121			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1122			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1123			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1124			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1125			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1126			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1127			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1128			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1129			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1130			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1131			data set with no connector name will be used for
1132			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1133
1134	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1135
1136	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1137			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1138			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1139			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1140			exists).
1141			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1142			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1143			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1144
1145	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1146			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1147			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1148			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1149
1150	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1151	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1152			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1153			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1154			for details.
1155
1156	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1157			in some Intel CPUs.
1158
1159	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
1160			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
1161			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
1162			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
1163			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
1164			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
1165
1166	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1167			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1168			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1169			which are not unmapped.
1170
1171	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1172
1173			When used with no options, the early console is
1174			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1175			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1176			the platform.
1177
1178		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1179			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1180			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1181			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1182			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1183			configured.
1184
1185		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1186		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1187		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1188		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1189		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1190			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1191			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1192			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1193			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1194			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1195			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1196			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1197			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1198
1199		pl011,<addr>
1200		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1201			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1202			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1203			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1204			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1205			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1206			the device registers.
1207
1208		liteuart,<addr>
1209			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1210			specified address. The serial port must already be
1211			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1212
1213		meson,<addr>
1214			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1215			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1216			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1217			supported.
1218
1219		msm_serial,<addr>
1220			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1221			port at the specified address. The serial port
1222			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1223			yet supported.
1224
1225		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1226			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1227			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1228			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1229			yet supported.
1230
1231		owl,<addr>
1232			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1233			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1234			specified address. The serial port must already be
1235			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1236
1237		rda,<addr>
1238			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1239			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1240			specified address. The serial port must already be
1241			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1242
1243		sbi
1244			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1245			console.
1246
1247		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1248
1249		s3c2410,<addr>
1250		s3c2412,<addr>
1251		s3c2440,<addr>
1252		s3c6400,<addr>
1253		s5pv210,<addr>
1254		exynos4210,<addr>
1255			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1256			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1257			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1258			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1259			Options are not yet supported.
1260
1261		lantiq,<addr>
1262			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1263			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1264			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1265			yet supported.
1266
1267		lpuart,<addr>
1268		lpuart32,<addr>
1269			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1270			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1271			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1272			port must already be setup and configured.
1273
1274		ec_imx21,<addr>
1275		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1276			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1277			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1278			must already be setup and configured.
1279
1280		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1281			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1282			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1283			address. The serial port must already be setup
1284			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1285
1286		qcom_geni,<addr>
1287			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1288			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1289			specified address. The serial port must already be
1290			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1291
1292		efifb,[options]
1293			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1294			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1295			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1296			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1297			mapped with the correct attributes.
1298
1299		linflex,<addr>
1300			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1301			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1302			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1303			already be setup and configured.
1304
1305	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1306			earlyprintk=vga
1307			earlyprintk=sclp
1308			earlyprintk=xen
1309			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1310			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1311			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1312			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1313			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1314			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1315
1316			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1317			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1318			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1319
1320			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1321			takes over.
1322
1323			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1324			be used at a time.
1325
1326			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1327			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1328			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1329			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1330				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1331			You can find the port for a given device in
1332			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1333				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1334
1335			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1336			very good.
1337
1338			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1339			the real console.
1340
1341			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1342
1343			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1344
1345			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1346			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1347			UART class.
1348
1349	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1350			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1351			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1352			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1353			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1354			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1355			default: on.
1356
1357	edd=		[EDD]
1358			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1359
1360	efi=		[EFI]
1361			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1362				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1363				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1364			debug: enable misc debug output.
1365			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1366			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1367			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1368			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1369			firmware implementations.
1370			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1371			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1372			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1373			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1374			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1375			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1376			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1377			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1378			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1379			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1380
1381	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1382			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1383			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1384			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1385			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1386
1387	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1388			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1389			updating original EFI memory map.
1390			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1391			from ss to ss+nn.
1392
1393			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1394			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1395			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1396			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1397
1398			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1399			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1400			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1401
1402			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1403			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1404			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1405			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1406			"soft reserved".
1407
1408	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1409			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1410			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1411			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1412			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1413
1414
1415	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1416			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1417
1418	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1419			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1420
1421			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1422			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1423
1424			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1425			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1426			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1427			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1428
1429	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1430			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1431			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1432
1433	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1434			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1435			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1436			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1437			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1438
1439	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1440			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1441			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1442			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1443
1444	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1445			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1446			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1447			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1448			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1449
1450	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1451			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1452			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1453			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1454			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1455			Default value is 0.
1456			Value can be changed at runtime via
1457			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1458
1459	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1460			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1461			support.
1462
1463	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1464			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1465			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1466
1467	evm=		[EVM]
1468			Format: { "fix" }
1469			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1470			current integrity status.
1471
1472	early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1473			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1474			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1475			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1476			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1477			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1478			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1479
1480	failslab=
1481	fail_usercopy=
1482	fail_page_alloc=
1483	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1484			General fault injection mechanism.
1485			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1486			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1487
1488	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1489			Format: { initns | none }
1490			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1491			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1492
1493	floppy=		[HW]
1494			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1495
1496	force_pal_cache_flush
1497			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1498			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1499			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1500			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1501
1502	forcepae	[X86-32]
1503			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1504			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1505			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1506			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1507			and may cause unknown problems.
1508
1509	ftrace=[tracer]
1510			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1511			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1512			boot debugging.
1513
1514	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1515			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1516			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1517			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1518			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1519			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1520			start up functionality.
1521
1522	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1523			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1524			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1525			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1526			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1527			oops.
1528
1529	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1530			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1531			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1532			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1533			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1534			tracing directory.
1535
1536	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1537			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1538			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1539			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1540			tracing directory.
1541
1542	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1543			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1544			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1545			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1546			that can be changed at run time by the
1547			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1548
1549	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1550			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1551			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1552			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1553			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1554
1555	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1556			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1557			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1558			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1559			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1560
1561	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1562			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1563			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1564			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1565			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1566			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1567			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1568			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1569			suppliers).
1570			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1571			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1572			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1573				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1574				up (sync_state() calls).
1575			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1576				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1577			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1578
1579	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1580			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1581			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1582			Format: <bool>
1583
1584	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1585			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1586			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1587			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1588			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1589
1590	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1591
1592	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1593			Format: off | on
1594			default: on
1595
1596	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1597			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1598			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1599			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1600			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1601
1602	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1603			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1604			android emulator
1605
1606	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1607			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1608			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1609	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1610			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1611
1612	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1613			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1614			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1615			GPT to be used instead.
1616
1617	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1618			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1619			Format: 0 | 1
1620			Default: 0
1621	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1622			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1623			Format: 0 | 1
1624			Default: 0
1625	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1626			Format: 0 | 1
1627			Default: 0
1628	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1629			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1630			Default: 1024
1631	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1632			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1633			Default: 1024
1634
1635	hardened_usercopy=
1636			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1637			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1638			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1639			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1640			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1641			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1642			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1643		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1644		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1645
1646	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1647			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1648			backtraces on all cpus.
1649			Format: 0 | 1
1650
1651	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1652			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1653			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1654			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1655
1656	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1657
1658	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1659			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1660
1661	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1662			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1663			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1664			logic will be disabled.
1665
1666	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1667		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1668				present during boot.
1669		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1670		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1671		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1672				(that will set all pages holding image data
1673				during restoration read-only).
1674
1675	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1676			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1677			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1678			size on bigger boxes.
1679
1680	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1681			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1682			Default: "on"
1683
1684	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1685
1686	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1687			Format: <string>
1688			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1689			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1690			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1691			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1692			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1693			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1694			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1695			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1696			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1697			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1698
1699	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1700			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1701				verbose }
1702			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1703			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1704				VIA, nVidia)
1705			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1706
1707	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1708			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1709
1710	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1711			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1712			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1713			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1714			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1715			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1716			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1717			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1718			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1719				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1720
1721	hugepagesz=
1722			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1723			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1724			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1725			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1726			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1727			architecture dependent.  See also
1728			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1729			Format: size[KMG]
1730
1731	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1732			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1733			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1734			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1735				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1736
1737			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1738			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1739			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1740
1741	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1742			[KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1743			enabled.
1744			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1745			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1746			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1747			Format: { on | off (default) }
1748
1749			on: enable HVO
1750			off: disable HVO
1751
1752			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1753			the default is on.
1754
1755			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1756			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1757			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1758			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1759			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1760
1761	hung_task_panic=
1762			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1763			Format: 0 | 1
1764
1765			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1766			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1767			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1768			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1769			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1770
1771	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1772				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1773	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1774				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1775				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1776
1777	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1778				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1779				      guest on lock contention.
1780
1781	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1782			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1783			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1784			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1785			the real console.
1786
1787	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1788				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1789				registered from board initialization code.
1790				Format:
1791				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1792
1793	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1794	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1795			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1796			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1797			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1798	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1799	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1800			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1801			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1802	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1803	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1804	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1805			     for the AUX port
1806	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1807			     controller
1808	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1809			     controllers
1810	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1811	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1812			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1813			     transitions, or never reset
1814			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1815			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1816			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1817			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1818			architectures force reset to be always executed
1819	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1820	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1821	i8042.probe_defer
1822			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1823
1824	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1825
1826	i915.invert_brightness=
1827			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1828			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1829			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1830			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1831			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1832			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1833			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1834			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1835			value switches the backlight off.
1836			-1 -- never invert brightness
1837			 0 -- machine default
1838			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1839
1840	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1841			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1842
1843
1844	idle=		[X86]
1845			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1846			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1847			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1848			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1849			Not recommended.
1850			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1851			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1852			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1853
1854	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1855			Format: <bool>
1856			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1857			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1858			true (1).
1859
1860	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1861			Format: <bool>
1862			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1863			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1864
1865	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1866			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1867			Default: strict
1868
1869			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1870			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1871			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1872			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1873			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1874			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1875			encoding mode.
1876
1877			Available settings are as follows:
1878			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1879				supported by the FPU
1880			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1881				by the FPU
1882			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1883				by the FPU
1884			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1885				supported by the FPU
1886
1887			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1888			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1889			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1890			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1891			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1892			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1893			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1894			MIPS64 CPUs.
1895
1896			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1897			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1898			except where unsupported by hardware.
1899
1900	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1901			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1902			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1903			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1904			could change it dynamically, usually by
1905			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1906
1907	ignore_rlimit_data
1908			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1909			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1910			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1911
1912	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1913			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1914
1915	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1916			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1917			default: "enforce"
1918
1919	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1920			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1921			owned by uid=0.
1922
1923	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1924			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1925			measurements, instead of host native format.
1926
1927	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1928			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1929				   | sha512 | ... }
1930			default: "sha1"
1931
1932			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1933			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1934
1935	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1936			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1937			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1938				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1939
1940			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1941			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1942			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1943			uid=0.
1944
1945			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1946			all files owned by root.
1947
1948			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1949			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1950			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1951
1952			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1953			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1954			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1955			flag.
1956
1957			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1958			critical data.
1959
1960	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1961			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1962			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1963			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1964			opened for read by uid=0.
1965
1966	ima_template=	[IMA]
1967			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1968			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
1969				   "ima-sigv2" }
1970			Default: "ima-ng"
1971
1972	ima_template_fmt=
1973			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1974			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1975
1976	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1977			Format: <min_file_size>
1978			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1979			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1980
1981			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1982			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1983			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1984
1985	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1986			Format: <bufsize>
1987			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1988
1989			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1990			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1991			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1992
1993	init=		[KNL]
1994			Format: <full_path>
1995			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1996			process.
1997
1998	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1999			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2000			startup.
2001
2002	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2003			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2004			modules and initcalls.
2005
2006	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2007			Format: <bool>
2008			Default: 1
2009			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2010			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2011			with devices being probed and
2012			initialized. This should normally just work,
2013			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2014			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2015			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2016			late_ initcalls.
2017
2018	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2019
2020	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2021			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2022			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2023			setting.
2024			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2025			Default is 0, 0
2026
2027	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2028			zeroes.
2029			Format: 0 | 1
2030			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2031
2032	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2033			Format: 0 | 1
2034			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2035
2036	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2037			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2038			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2039			override in debugfs after boot.
2040
2041	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2042			Format: <irq>
2043
2044	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2045
2046	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2047			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2048			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2049			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2050
2051	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2052		on
2053			Enable intel iommu driver.
2054		off
2055			Disable intel iommu driver.
2056		igfx_off [Default Off]
2057			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2058			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2059			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2060			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2061			DMA.
2062		strict [Default Off]
2063			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2064		sp_off [Default Off]
2065			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2066			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2067			not be supported.
2068		sm_on
2069			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2070			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2071			translation.
2072		sm_off
2073			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2074		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2075			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2076			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2077			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2078			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2079			mapping is enabled.
2080			Note that using this option lowers the security
2081			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2082			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2083
2084	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2085			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2086			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2087
2088	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2089			disable
2090			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2091			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2092			passive
2093			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2094			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2095			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2096			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2097			  feature.
2098			force
2099			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2100			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2101			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2102			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2103			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2104			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2105			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2106			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2107			no_hwp
2108			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2109			  if available.
2110			hwp_only
2111			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2112			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2113			support_acpi_ppc
2114			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2115			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2116			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2117			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2118			per_cpu_perf_limits
2119			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2120			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2121
2122	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2123			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2124			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2125			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2126			no_x2apic_optout
2127				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2128			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2129
2130	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2131		strict	regions from userspace.
2132		relaxed
2133
2134	iommu=		[X86]
2135		off
2136		force
2137		noforce
2138		biomerge
2139		panic
2140		nopanic
2141		merge
2142		nomerge
2143		soft
2144		pt		[X86]
2145		nopt		[X86]
2146		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2147			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2148
2149	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2150			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2151			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2152			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2153			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2154			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2155			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2156
2157	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2158			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2159			0 - Lazy mode.
2160			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2161			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2162			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2163			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2164			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2165			1 - Strict mode.
2166			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2167			  synchronously.
2168			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2169			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2170			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2171
2172	iommu.passthrough=
2173			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2174			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2175			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2176			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2177			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2178
2179	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2180			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2181			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2182
2183	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2184		0x80
2185			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2186		0xed
2187			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2188		udelay
2189			Simple two microseconds delay
2190		none
2191			No delay
2192
2193	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2194			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2195
2196	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2197			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2198
2199	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2200			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2201
2202	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2203			[ARM, ARM64]
2204			Format: <bool>
2205			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2206			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2207			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2208
2209	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2210			[ARM, ARM64]
2211			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2212			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2213			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2214			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2215			LPIs.
2216
2217	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2218			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2219			requires the kernel to be built with
2220			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2221
2222	irqfixup	[HW]
2223			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2224			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2225			firmware running.
2226
2227	irqpoll		[HW]
2228			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2229			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2230			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2231			firmware running.
2232
2233	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2234			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2235
2236	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2237			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2238			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2239
2240			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2241			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2242
2243			nohz
2244			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2245
2246			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2247			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2248			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2249			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2250			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2251
2252			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2253			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2254			  be configured manually after bootup.
2255
2256			domain
2257			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2258			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2259			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2260			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2261			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2262			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2263			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2264			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2265
2266			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2267			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2268			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2269			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2270
2271			managed_irq
2272
2273			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2274			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2275			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2276			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2277			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2278
2279			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2280			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2281			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2282			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2283			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2284			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2285			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2286
2287			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2288			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2289			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2290			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2291			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2292			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2293			  queues.
2294
2295			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2296
2297	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2298
2299	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2300			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2301			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2302			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2303
2304			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2305			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2306			write the parameter as:
2307				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2308
2309			Deprecated formats:
2310			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2311			  write the parameter as:
2312				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2313			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2314			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2315				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2316
2317	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2318			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2319			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2320			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2321
2322			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2323			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2324			write the parameter as:
2325				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2326
2327			Deprecated formats:
2328			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2329			  write the parameter as:
2330				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2331			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2332			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2333				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2334
2335	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2336			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2337			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2338			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2339
2340			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2341			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2342			write the parameter as:
2343				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2344
2345			Deprecated formats:
2346			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2347			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2348				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2349			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2350			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2351				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2352
2353	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2354			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2355
2356	nokaslr		[KNL]
2357			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2358			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2359			Layout Randomization).
2360
2361	kasan_multi_shot
2362			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2363			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2364			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2365			invalid access.
2366
2367	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2368
2369	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2370			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2371			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2372			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2373			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2374			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2375			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2376			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2377			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2378			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2379
2380			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2381			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2382			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2383			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2384			zone if it does not.
2385
2386			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2387			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2388			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2389			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2390			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2391			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2392			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2393
2394	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2395			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2396			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2397			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2398			optional and is the number seconds in between
2399			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2400			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2401			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2402			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2403			the kernel debugger.
2404
2405	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2406			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2407			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2408			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2409			 keyboard only format: kbd
2410			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2411			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2412			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2413			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2414
2415	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2416			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2417			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2418			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2419			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2420			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2421			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2422
2423			The name of the early console should be specified
2424			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2425			the early console might be different than the tty
2426			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2427			blank and the first boot console that implements
2428			read() will be picked.
2429
2430	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2431			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2432
2433	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2434			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2435			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2436
2437	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2438			Valid arguments: on, off
2439			Default: on
2440			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2441			the default is off.
2442
2443	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2444			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2445			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2446			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2447			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2448			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2449			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2450
2451			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2452
2453			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2454			Boot Parameter" section.
2455
2456	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2457			and kernel address spaces.
2458			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2459			0: force disabled
2460			1: force enabled
2461
2462	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2463			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2464			default value can be overridden via
2465			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2466			Default is 1 (enabled)
2467
2468	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2469			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2470
2471	kvm.eager_page_split=
2472			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2473			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2474			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2475			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2476			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2477			required to split huge pages lazily.
2478
2479			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2480			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2481			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2482			still be used for reads.
2483
2484			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2485			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2486			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2487			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2488			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2489			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2490			cleared.
2491
2492			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2493
2494			Default is Y (on).
2495
2496	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2497				   Default is false (don't support).
2498
2499	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2500			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2501			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2502			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2503			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2504			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2505				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2506
2507			Default is 'auto'.
2508
2509			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2510			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2511
2512	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2513			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2514			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2515			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2516			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2517
2518	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2519			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2520			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2521			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2522			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2523			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2524
2525	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2526			Default is 1 (enabled)
2527
2528	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2529			for all guests.
2530			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2531
2532	kvm-arm.mode=
2533			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2534
2535			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2536
2537			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2538			      protected guests.
2539
2540			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2541				   state is kept private from the host.
2542
2543			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2544			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2545			for the host.
2546
2547	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2548			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2549			system registers
2550
2551	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2552			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2553			system registers
2554
2555	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2556			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2557			system registers
2558
2559	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2560			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2561			LPIs.
2562
2563	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2564			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2565			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2566			allocation.
2567			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2568			Format: <integer>
2569			Default: 5
2570
2571	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2572			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2573			Default is 1 (enabled)
2574
2575	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2576			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2577			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2578			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2579			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2580			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2581			Default is 1 (enabled)
2582
2583	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2584			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2585			Default is 1 (enabled)
2586
2587	kvm-intel.nested=
2588			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2589			Default is 0 (disabled)
2590
2591	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2592			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2593			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2594			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2595
2596	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2597			CVE-2018-3620.
2598
2599			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2600
2601			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2602			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2603				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2604			never:	Disables the mitigation
2605
2606			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2607
2608	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2609			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2610			Default is 1 (enabled)
2611
2612	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2613			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2614
2615			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2616			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2617			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2618
2619			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2620			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2621			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2622			not have direct access.
2623
2624			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2625			options are:
2626
2627			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2628
2629	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2630			      affected CPUs
2631
2632			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2633			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2634
2635			full
2636				Provides all available mitigations for the
2637				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2638				enables all mitigations in the
2639				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2640
2641				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2642				sysfs interface is still possible after
2643				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2644				when the first VM is started in a
2645				potentially insecure configuration,
2646				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2647
2648			full,force
2649				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2650				flush runtime control. Implies the
2651				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2652				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2653
2654			flush
2655				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2656				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2657				L1D flush.
2658
2659				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2660				sysfs interface is still possible after
2661				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2662				when the first VM is started in a
2663				potentially insecure configuration,
2664				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2665
2666			flush,nosmt
2667
2668				Disables SMT and enables the default
2669				hypervisor mitigation.
2670
2671				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2672				sysfs interface is still possible after
2673				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2674				when the first VM is started in a
2675				potentially insecure configuration,
2676				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2677
2678			flush,nowarn
2679				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2680				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2681				insecure configuration.
2682
2683			off
2684				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2685				emit any warnings.
2686				It also drops the swap size and available
2687				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2688				bare metal.
2689
2690			Default is 'flush'.
2691
2692			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2693
2694	l2cr=		[PPC]
2695
2696	l3cr=		[PPC]
2697
2698	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2699			disabled it.
2700
2701	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2702			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2703			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2704			Format: notscdeadline
2705
2706	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2707			in C2 power state.
2708
2709	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2710			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2711			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2712			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2713			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2714			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2715			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2716
2717	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2718			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2719			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2720
2721	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2722			when set.
2723			Format: <int>
2724
2725	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2726			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2727			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2728			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2729			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2730			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2731			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2732			to all ports, links and devices.
2733
2734			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2735			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2736			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2737			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2738			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2739			host link and device attached to it.
2740
2741			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2742			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2743			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2744			The following configurations can be forced.
2745
2746			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2747			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2748
2749			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2750
2751			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2752			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2753			  allowed.
2754
2755			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2756			  resets.
2757
2758			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2759			  link recovery.
2760
2761			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2762			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2763			  detection.
2764
2765			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2766
2767			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2768
2769			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2770
2771			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2772
2773			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2774
2775			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2776
2777			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2778
2779			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2780
2781			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2782			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2783
2784			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2785			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2786
2787			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2788			  identify device data log.
2789
2790			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2791			  purpose log directory.
2792
2793			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2794
2795			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2796			  1024 sectors.
2797
2798			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2799			  65535 sectors.
2800
2801			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2802
2803			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2804			  should be skipped.
2805
2806			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2807
2808			* disable: Disable this device.
2809
2810			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2811			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2812
2813	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2814
2815	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2816			Format: <integer>
2817
2818	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2819			Format: <integer>
2820
2821	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2822			Format: <integer>
2823
2824	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2825			Format: <integer>
2826
2827	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2828			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2829			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2830			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2831			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2832			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2833			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2834			are also disabled.
2835
2836	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2837			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2838			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2839			number of online CPUs.
2840
2841	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2842			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2843
2844	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2845			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2846
2847	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2848			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2849			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2850
2851	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2852			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2853			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2854			mode during the locktorture test.
2855
2856	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2857			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2858			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2859
2860	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2861			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2862
2863	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2864			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2865			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2866			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2867			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2868			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2869
2870	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2871			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2872
2873	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2874			Enable additional printk() statements.
2875
2876	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2877			Format: <irq>
2878
2879	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2880			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2881			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2882			loglevels are defined as follows:
2883
2884			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2885			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2886			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2887			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2888			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2889			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2890			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2891			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2892
2893	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2894			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2895			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2896			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2897			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2898			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2899			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2900
2901	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2902			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2903			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2904			kernel boot problems.
2905
2906	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2907	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2908	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2909	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2910				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2911				attached printers to be reset. Using
2912				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2913				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2914				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2915				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2916				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2917				port specification list means that device IDs
2918				from each port should be examined, to see if
2919				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2920				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2921				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2922
2923	lpj=n		[KNL]
2924			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2925			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2926			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2927			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2928			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2929			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2930			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2931			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2932			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2933			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2934			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2935			hardware.
2936
2937	ltpc=		[NET]
2938			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2939
2940	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2941
2942	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2943			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2944			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2945
2946	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2947			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2948			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2949
2950	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2951			different yeeloong laptops.
2952			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2953
2954	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
2955			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2956
2957	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2958			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2959			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2960			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2961			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2962			only takes effect during system bootup.
2963			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2964			which also disables the IO APIC.
2965
2966	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2967	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2968			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2969			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2970			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2971			/dev/loop-control interface.
2972
2973	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2974
2975	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2976
2977	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2978			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2979
2980	mdacon=		[MDA]
2981			Format: <first>,<last>
2982			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2983
2984	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2985			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2986			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2987
2988			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2989			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2990			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2991
2992			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2993			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2994			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2995			not have direct access.
2996
2997			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2998			options are:
2999
3000			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3001			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3002				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3003			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3004
3005			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3006			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3007			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3008			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3009			too.
3010
3011			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3012			mds=full.
3013
3014			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3015
3016	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
3017			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3018
3019	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
3020			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
3021
3022			1 for test;
3023			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3024			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3025			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3026			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3027
3028			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3029			high memory is not affected.
3030
3031			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3032			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3033
3034			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3035			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3036			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3037			belonging to unused RAM.
3038
3039			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3040			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3041			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3042
3043	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3044			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3045			firmware.
3046			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3047			ss[KMG].
3048			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3049			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3050
3051	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3052			memory.
3053
3054	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3055
3056	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3057			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3058			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3059
3060	memhp_default_state=online/offline
3061			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3062			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3063			set according to the
3064			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3065			option.
3066			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3067
3068	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3069			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3070			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3071			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3072			option description.
3073
3074	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3075			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3076			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3077			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3078			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3079			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3080			comma delimited.
3081			Example:
3082				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3083
3084	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3085			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3086			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3087
3088	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3089			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3090			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3091			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3092			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3093			         or
3094			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3095			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3096			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3097			will be eaten.
3098
3099	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3100			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3101			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3102			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3103			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3104
3105	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3106			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3107			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3108			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3109			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3110			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3111			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3112			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3113
3114	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3115			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3116			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3117			Setting this option will scan the memory
3118			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3119			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3120			from using the memory being corrupted.
3121			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3122			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3123			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3124			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3125
3126	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3127			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3128			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3129			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3130			corruption in more or less memory.
3131
3132	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3133			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3134			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3135			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3136
3137	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3138			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3139			Format: {on | off (default)}
3140			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3141			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3142			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3143			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3144			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3145			lot of memory without requiring additional
3146			memory to do so.
3147			This feature is disabled by default because it
3148			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3149			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3150			memory blocks).
3151			The state of the flag can be read in
3152			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3153			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3154			the feature is not effective.
3155
3156	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3157			Format: <integer>
3158			default : 0 <disable>
3159			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3160			performed. Each pass selects another test
3161			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3162			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3163			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3164			regions that are detected.
3165
3166	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3167			Valid arguments: on, off
3168			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3169			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3170			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3171			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3172			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3173
3174			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3175			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3176
3177	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3178			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3179			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3180			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3181			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3182
3183	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
3184			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
3185
3186	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3187			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3188			platforms.
3189
3190	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3191			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3192			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3193			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3194
3195	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3196
3197	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3198			physical address is ignored.
3199
3200	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3201			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3202			Default: "0tb"
3203			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3204			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3205			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3206			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3207			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3208			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3209			unconfigured.
3210			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3211			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3212			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3213			VGA shield.
3214			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3215			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3216			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3217			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3218			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3219			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3220
3221	mitigations=
3222			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3223			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3224			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3225			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3226
3227			off
3228				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3229				improves system performance, but it may also
3230				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3231				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3232					       if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3233					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3234					       nobp=0 [S390]
3235					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3236					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3237					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3238					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3239					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3240					       l1tf=off [X86]
3241					       mds=off [X86]
3242					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3243					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3244					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3245					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3246					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3247					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3248					       retbleed=off [X86]
3249
3250				Exceptions:
3251					       This does not have any effect on
3252					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3253					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3254
3255			auto (default)
3256				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3257				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3258				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3259				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3260				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3261				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3262
3263			auto,nosmt
3264				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3265				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3266				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3267				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3268					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3269					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3270					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3271					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3272
3273	mminit_loglevel=
3274			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3275			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3276			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3277			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3278			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3279			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3280
3281	mmio_stale_data=
3282			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3283			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3284
3285			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3286			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3287			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3288			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3289			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3290			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3291
3292			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3293			options are:
3294
3295			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3296
3297			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3298				     vulnerable CPUs.
3299
3300			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3301
3302			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3303			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3304			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3305			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3306			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3307			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3308
3309			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3310			mmio_stale_data=full.
3311
3312			For details see:
3313			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3314
3315	module.async_probe=<bool>
3316			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3317			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3318			specific module, use the module specific control that
3319			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3320			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3321			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3322			the specific module.
3323
3324	module.sig_enforce
3325			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3326			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3327			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3328			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3329
3330	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3331			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3332
3333	mousedev.tap_time=
3334			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3335			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3336			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3337			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3338			Format: <msecs>
3339	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3340			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3341	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3342			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3343
3344	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3345			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3346			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3347			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3348			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3349			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3350			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3351			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3352			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3353			is not too small.
3354
3355	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3356			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3357			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3358			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3359			allocations. Use with caution!
3360
3361	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3362			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3363
3364	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3365			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3366
3367	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3368			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3369
3370	mtdset=		[ARM]
3371			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3372
3373			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3374
3375	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3376			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3377			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3378
3379	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3380			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3381			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3382
3383	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3384			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3385			Default is 1.
3386			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3387			using up MTRRs.
3388
3389	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3390			Format: <integer>
3391			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3392			Default : 1
3393			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3394			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3395
3396	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3397			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3398			at a time.
3399
3400	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3401
3402	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3403			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3404			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3405			something different and driver-specific.
3406			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3407			file if at all.
3408
3409	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3410			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3411			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3412			waits 4 seconds.
3413
3414	nf_conntrack.acct=
3415			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3416			0 to disable accounting
3417			1 to enable accounting
3418			Default value is 0.
3419
3420	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3421			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3422
3423	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3424			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3425
3426	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3427			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3428
3429	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3430			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3431			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3432			requests.
3433
3434	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3435			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3436			channel should listen.
3437
3438	nfs.cache_getent=
3439			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3440			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3441
3442	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3443			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3444			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3445
3446	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3447			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3448			entries.
3449
3450	nfs.enable_ino64=
3451			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3452			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3453			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3454			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3455			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3456
3457	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3458			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3459			slots the client will assign to the callback
3460			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3461			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3462			a particular server.
3463
3464	nfs.max_session_slots=
3465			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3466			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3467			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3468			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3469			Note that there is little point in setting this
3470			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3471
3472	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3473			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3474			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3475			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3476			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3477			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3478			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3479			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3480			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3481			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3482			back to using the idmapper.
3483			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3484	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3485			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3486			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3487			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3488			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3489
3490	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3491			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3492			information in exchange_id requests.
3493			If zero, no implementation identification information
3494			will be sent.
3495			The default is to send the implementation identification
3496			information.
3497
3498	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3499			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3500			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3501			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3502			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3503			after the locks are lost.
3504			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3505			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3506			parameter to '1'.
3507			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3508			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3509
3510	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3511			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3512			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3513
3514			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3515			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3516			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3517			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3518
3519	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable =
3520			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3521			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3522			the destination of the copy.
3523
3524	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout =
3525			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3526			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3527			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3528			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3529			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3530			this parameter.
3531
3532	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3533			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3534			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3535			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3536			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3537			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3538
3539
3540	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3541			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3542			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3543
3544	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3545			when a NMI is triggered.
3546			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3547
3548	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3549			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3550			Valid num: 0 or 1
3551			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3552			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3553			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3554			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3555			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3556			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3557			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3558			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3559			need the box quickly up again.
3560
3561			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3562			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3563
3564	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3565			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3566			is present.
3567
3568	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3569			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3570
3571	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3572
3573	no_console_suspend
3574			[HW] Never suspend the console
3575			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3576			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3577			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3578			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3579			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3580			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3581			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3582			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3583			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3584			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3585			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3586			turn on/off it dynamically.
3587
3588	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3589			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3590			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3591			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3592			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3593			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3594			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3595			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3596			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3597			is set.
3598
3599	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3600			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3601			but will impact performance.
3602
3603	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3604
3605	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3606			(CPU alternatives feature).
3607
3608	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3609			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3610
3611	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3612
3613	nocache		[ARM]
3614
3615	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3616
3617	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3618
3619	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3620
3621	noexec		[IA-64]
3622
3623	nosmap		[PPC]
3624			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3625			even if it is supported by processor.
3626
3627	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3628			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3629			even if it is supported by processor.
3630
3631	noexec32	[X86-64]
3632			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3633			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3634				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3635			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3636				read implies executable mappings
3637
3638	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3639
3640	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3641			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3642			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3643
3644	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3645
3646	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3647
3648	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3649			Equivalent to smt=1.
3650
3651			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3652			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3653				     via the sysfs control file.
3654
3655	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3656			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3657			possible in the system.
3658
3659	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3660			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3661			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3662			option.
3663
3664	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
3665			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
3666			with this option.
3667
3668	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3669			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3670
3671	no_uaccess_flush
3672	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3673
3674	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3675			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3676			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3677
3678	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3679			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3680			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3681			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3682			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3683			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3684
3685	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3686			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3687			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3688			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3689			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3690			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3691			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3692
3693	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3694			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3695			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3696			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3697			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3698			correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3699			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3700			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3701
3702	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3703			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3704			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3705
3706	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3707			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3708			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3709			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3710			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3711			real-time systems.
3712
3713	no_hash_pointers
3714			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3715			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3716			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3717			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3718			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3719			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3720			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3721			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3722			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3723			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3724			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3725			kernels.
3726
3727	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3728
3729	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3730			Valid arguments: on, off
3731			Default: on
3732
3733	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3734			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3735			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3736			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3737			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3738			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3739			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3740			just as if they had also been called out in the
3741			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3742
3743			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3744			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3745
3746	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3747
3748	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3749			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3750
3751	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3752			broken timer IRQ sources.
3753
3754	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3755
3756	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3757			initial RAM disk.
3758
3759	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3760			remapping.
3761			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3762
3763	nointroute	[IA-64]
3764
3765	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3766
3767	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3768
3769	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3770
3771	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3772			fault handling.
3773
3774	no-vmw-sched-clock
3775			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3776			clock and use the default one.
3777
3778	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES] Disable paravirtualized
3779			steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but
3780			won't influence scheduler behaviour
3781
3782	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3783
3784	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3785
3786	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3787
3788	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3789
3790	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3791			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3792
3793	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3794			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3795			irq.
3796
3797	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. DRM drivers will not perform
3798			display-mode changes or accelerated rendering. Only the
3799			system framebuffer will be available for use if this was
3800			set-up by the firmware or boot loader.
3801
3802			Useful as fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3803
3804	nomodule	Disable module load
3805
3806	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3807			pagetables) support.
3808
3809	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3810
3811	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3812			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3813
3814	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3815			with UP alternatives
3816
3817	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3818			space.
3819
3820	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3821			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3822			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3823
3824	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3825
3826	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3827
3828	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3829			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3830
3831	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3832
3833	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3834
3835	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3836			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3837
3838	nowb		[ARM]
3839
3840	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3841
3842			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
3843			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
3844			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
3845
3846	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3847			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3848			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3849			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3850			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3851			parameter's value.
3852			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3853			Default: 255
3854
3855	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3856			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3857			SAL PALO.
3858
3859	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3860			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3861			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3862			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3863			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3864			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3865			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3866			hot plugging.
3867
3868	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3869
3870	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3871			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3872
3873	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3874			NUMA balancing.
3875			Allowed values are enable and disable
3876
3877	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3878			'node', 'default' can be specified
3879			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3880			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3881
3882	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3883			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3884			info.
3885
3886	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3887			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3888			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3889			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3890			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3891			interrupts *may* be lost!
3892
3893	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3894			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3895			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3896			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3897
3898	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3899
3900			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3901
3902			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3903				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3904			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3905				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3906				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3907
3908	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3909			process, but there is a small probability of
3910			deadlocking the machine.
3911			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3912			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3913
3914	page_alloc.shuffle=
3915			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3916			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3917			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3918			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3919			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3920			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3921			can be read from sysfs at:
3922			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3923
3924	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3925			Storage of the information about who allocated
3926			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3927			we can turn it on.
3928			on: enable the feature
3929
3930	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3931			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3932			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3933			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3934			on: turn on poisoning
3935
3936	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3937			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3938			Format: <integer>
3939			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3940			reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3941
3942	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3943			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3944			timeout = 0: wait forever
3945			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3946			Format: <timeout>
3947
3948	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3949			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3950			bit 0: print all tasks info
3951			bit 1: print system memory info
3952			bit 2: print timer info
3953			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3954			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3955			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3956			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
3957			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
3958			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
3959			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
3960			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
3961
3962	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3963			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3964			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3965			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3966			called with any of the flags in this set.
3967			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3968			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3969			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3970			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3971			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3972			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3973			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3974
3975	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3976			on a WARN().
3977
3978	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3979			connected to, default is 0.
3980			Format: <parport#>
3981	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3982			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3983			Format: <mode>
3984
3985	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3986			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3987			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3988			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3989			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3990			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3991			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3992			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3993			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3994			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3995			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3996			are specified on the command line, starting
3997			with parport0.
3998
3999	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4000			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4001			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4002			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4003			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4004			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4005			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4006
4007	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4008			Format: <int>
4009			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4010			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4011			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4012
4013	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4014			Format: <int>
4015			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4016			changes.  Disabled by default.
4017
4018	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4019			Format: <int>
4020			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4021			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4022			Disabled by default.
4023
4024	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4025			Format: <int>
4026			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4027			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4028			Disabled by default.
4029
4030	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4031			Format: <int>
4032			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4033			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4034			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4035			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4036			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4037			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4038			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4039			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4040			all channels.
4041
4042	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4043			Format: <int>
4044			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4045			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4046			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4047
4048	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4049			Format: <int>
4050			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4051			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4052			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4053
4054	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4055			Format: <int>
4056			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4057			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4058			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4059			All modes allowed by default.
4060
4061	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4062			Format: <int>
4063			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4064			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4065
4066	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4067			Format: <int>
4068			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4069			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4070			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4071			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4072			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4073			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4074			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4075			By default all supported ports are probed.
4076
4077	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4078			Format: <int>
4079			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4080			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4081
4082	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4083			Format: <int>
4084			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4085			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4086			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4087			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4088			0 otherwise.
4089
4090	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4091			Format: <int>
4092			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4093			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4094			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4095			allowed by default.
4096
4097	pause_on_oops=
4098			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4099			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4100			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4101
4102	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4103
4104	pcd.		[PARIDE]
4105			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
4106			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4107
4108	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4109
4110				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4111				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4112				specified in one of the following formats:
4113
4114				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4115				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4116
4117				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4118				bus/device/function address which may change
4119				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4120				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4121				by other kernel parameters. If the
4122				domain is left unspecified, it is
4123				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4124				to a device through multiple device/function
4125				addresses can be specified after the base
4126				address (this is more robust against
4127				renumbering issues).  The second format
4128				selects devices using IDs from the
4129				configuration space which may match multiple
4130				devices in the system.
4131
4132		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4133				changes anything
4134		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4135		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4136				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4137				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4138		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4139				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4140				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4141				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4142		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4143				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4144				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4145		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4146				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4147				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4148				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4149				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4150				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4151				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4152		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4153				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4154				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4155		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4156				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4157		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4158				Configuration
4159		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4160				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4161				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4162		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4163				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4164				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4165		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4166				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4167				should never be necessary.
4168		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4169				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4170				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4171				when the system masks IRQs.
4172		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4173				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4174				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4175				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4176		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4177				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4178				on several machines and they hang the machine
4179				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4180				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4181				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4182				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4183				motherboard.
4184		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4185				Use with caution as certain devices share
4186				address decoders between ROMs and other
4187				resources.
4188		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4189				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4190				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4191		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4192				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4193		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4194				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4195				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4196				this way.
4197		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4198				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4199				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4200				F0000h-100000h range.
4201		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4202				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4203				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4204				explicitly which ones they are.
4205		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4206				numbers ourselves, overriding
4207				whatever the firmware may have done.
4208		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4209				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4210				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4211				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4212				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4213				IRQ routing is enabled.
4214		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4215				or for PCI scanning.
4216		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4217				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4218				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4219				please report a bug.
4220		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4221				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4222		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4223				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4224				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4225				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4226				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4227		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4228				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4229				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4230				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4231		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4232				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4233				so this option is a temporary workaround
4234				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4235		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4236				handle more pci cards
4237		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4238				This might help on some broken boards which
4239				machine check when some devices' config space
4240				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4241				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4242		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4243				This sorting is done to get a device
4244				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4245		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4246		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4247				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4248		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4249				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4250		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4251				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4252				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4253				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4254				or bus can support) for best performance.
4255		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4256				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4257				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4258				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4259				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4260				that hot-added devices will work.
4261		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4262				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4263				The default value is 256 bytes.
4264		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4265				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4266				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4267		resource_alignment=
4268				Format:
4269				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4270				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4271				aligned memory resources. How to
4272				specify the device is described above.
4273				If <order of align> is not specified,
4274				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4275				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4276				windows need to be expanded.
4277				To specify the alignment for several
4278				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4279				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4280				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4281				for 4096-byte alignment.
4282		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4283				end-to-end CRC checking).
4284				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4285				the default.
4286				off: Turn ECRC off
4287				on: Turn ECRC on.
4288		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4289				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4290				Default size is 256 bytes.
4291		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4292				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4293				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4294		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4295				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4296				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4297		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4298				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4299				MMIO_PREF window.
4300				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4301		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4302				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4303				Default is 1.
4304		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4305				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4306				accommodate resources required by all child
4307				devices.
4308				off: Turn realloc off
4309				on: Turn realloc on
4310		realloc		same as realloc=on
4311		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4312		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4313				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4314		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4315				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4316				port.
4317		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4318				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4319				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4320				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4321				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4322				taints the kernel.
4323		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4324				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4325				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4326				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4327				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4328				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4329				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4330				this removes isolation between devices and
4331				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4332		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4333		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4334		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4335				one PCI domain per PCI function
4336
4337	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4338			Management.
4339		off	Disable ASPM.
4340		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4341			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4342
4343	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4344		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4345			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4346			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4347			also tries to use these services.
4348		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4349				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4350		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4351			hotplug).
4352
4353	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4354		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4355		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4356
4357	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4358		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4359			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4360
4361	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4362
4363	pd_ignore_unused
4364			[PM]
4365			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4366			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4367			for debug and development, but should not be
4368			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4369
4370	pd.		[PARIDE]
4371			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4372
4373	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4374			boot time.
4375			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4376			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4377
4378	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4379			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4380			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4381			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4382			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4383			and performance comparison.
4384
4385	pf.		[PARIDE]
4386			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4387
4388	pg.		[PARIDE]
4389			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4390
4391	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4392			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4393
4394	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4395			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4396			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4397
4398	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4399			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4400			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4401
4402	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4403			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4404			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4405			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4406			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4407			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4408			remains 0.
4409
4410	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4411			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4412
4413	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4414			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4415			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4416			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4417			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4418			possible settings and some assignment information.
4419
4420	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4421			{ off }
4422
4423	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4424			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4425
4426	pnp_reserve_irq=
4427			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4428
4429	pnp_reserve_dma=
4430			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4431
4432	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4433			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4434
4435	pnp_reserve_mem=
4436			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4437			autoconfiguration.
4438			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4439
4440	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4441			Default is 21.
4442			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4443			may be specified.
4444			Format: <port>,<port>....
4445
4446	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4447			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4448			platform machine description specific power_save
4449			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4450			execution priority.
4451
4452	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4453			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4454			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4455			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4456			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4457
4458	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4459			Format: {"off"}
4460			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4461
4462	preempt=	[KNL]
4463			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4464			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4465			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4466			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4467			       can be preempted anytime.
4468
4469	print-fatal-signals=
4470			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4471
4472			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4473			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4474			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4475			coredump - etc.
4476
4477			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4478			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4479
4480			default: off.
4481
4482	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4483			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4484			panics
4485			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4486			default: disabled
4487
4488	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4489			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4490			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4491			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4492			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4493			in order to provide more debug information.
4494			Format: <bool>
4495			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4496
4497	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4498			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4499			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4500			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4501			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4502			Default: ratelimit
4503
4504	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4505			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4506
4507	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4508			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4509			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4510
4511	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4512			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4513			instead using the legacy FADT method
4514
4515	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4516			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4517			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4518				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4519			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4520			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4521				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4522			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4523			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4524				statistical time based profiling.
4525
4526	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4527
4528	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4529			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4530			that).
4531			Format: <bool>
4532
4533	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4534			tracking.
4535			Format: <bool>
4536
4537	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4538			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4539	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4540			per second.
4541	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4542			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4543			(0 = never).
4544	psmouse.resolution=
4545			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4546	psmouse.smartscroll=
4547			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4548			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4549
4550	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4551
4552	pt.		[PARIDE]
4553			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4554
4555	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4556			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4557			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4558			system calls and interrupts.
4559
4560			on   - unconditionally enable
4561			off  - unconditionally disable
4562			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4563			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4564
4565			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4566
4567	nopti		[X86-64]
4568			Equivalent to pti=off
4569
4570	pty.legacy_count=
4571			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4572			default number.
4573
4574	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4575
4576	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4577
4578	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4579			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4580
4581	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4582			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4583
4584	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4585
4586	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
4587			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
4588			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
4589			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4590			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
4591
4592	random.trust_bootloader={on,off}
4593			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of a
4594			seed passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4595			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4596			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER.
4597
4598	randomize_kstack_offset=
4599			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4600			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4601			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4602			that depend on stack address determinism or
4603			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4604			available on architectures that have defined
4605			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4606			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4607			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4608
4609	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4610
4611		cec_disable	[X86]
4612				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4613				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4614
4615	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4616			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4617			as described above.
4618
4619			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4620			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4621			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4622			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4623			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4624			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4625			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4626			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4627			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4628			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4629			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4630			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4631
4632			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4633			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4634
4635			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4636			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4637			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4638			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4639
4640			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4641			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4642
4643	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4644			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4645			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4646			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4647			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4648			This improves the real-time response for the
4649			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4650			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4651			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4652			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4653
4654	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4655			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4656			process in one batch.
4657
4658	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4659			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4660			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4661			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4662
4663	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4664			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4665			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4666
4667	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4668			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4669			RCU grace-period initialization.
4670
4671	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4672			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4673			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4674			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4675			the rcu_node combining tree.
4676
4677	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4678			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4679			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4680			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4681			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4682
4683			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4684			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4685			to zero.
4686
4687	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4688			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4689			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4690			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4691			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4692
4693	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4694			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4695			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4696			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4697			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4698			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4699			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4700
4701	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4702			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4703			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4704			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4705			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4706			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4707			condition.
4708
4709	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4710			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4711			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4712			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4713
4714	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4715			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4716			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4717			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4718			and maximum value is HZ.
4719
4720	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4721			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4722			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4723			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4724
4725	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4726			Set required age in jiffies for a
4727			given grace period before RCU starts
4728			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4729			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4730			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4731			a value based on the most recent settings
4732			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4733			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4734			This calculated value may be viewed in
4735			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4736			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4737			overwritten.
4738
4739	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4740			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4741			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4742			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4743			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4744			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4745			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4746			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4747			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4748			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4749			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4750			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4751
4752	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4753			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4754			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4755			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4756			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4757			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4758			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4759			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4760
4761			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4762			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4763			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4764			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4765			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4766
4767	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4768			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4769			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4770			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4771			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4772			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4773			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4774			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4775			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4776			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4777			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4778			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4779
4780	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4781			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4782			each group, which defaults to the square root
4783			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4784			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4785			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4786			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4787
4788	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4789			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4790			batch limiting is disabled.
4791
4792	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4793			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4794			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4795
4796	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4797			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4798			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4799			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4800			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4801			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4802			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4803			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4804
4805	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4806			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4807			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4808			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4809			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4810			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4811
4812	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4813			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4814			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4815			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4816			Larger delays increase the probability of
4817			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4818			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4819			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4820
4821	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4822			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4823			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4824			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4825
4826	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4827			Measure performance of asynchronous
4828			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4829
4830	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4831			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4832			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4833			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4834			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4835			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4836
4837	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4838			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4839			grace-period primitives.
4840
4841	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4842			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4843			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4844			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4845			interference.
4846
4847	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4848			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4849
4850	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4851			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4852			If this parameter has the same value as
4853			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4854			and double-argument variants are tested.
4855
4856	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4857			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4858			If this parameter has the same value as
4859			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4860			and double-argument variants are tested.
4861
4862	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4863			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4864
4865	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4866			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4867
4868	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4869			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4870			of allocations and frees.
4871
4872	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4873			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4874			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4875			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4876			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4877			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4878			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4879			a single reader.
4880
4881	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4882			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4883			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4884			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4885
4886	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4887			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4888
4889	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4890			Shut the system down after performance tests
4891			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4892			testing.
4893
4894	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4895			Enable additional printk() statements.
4896
4897	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4898			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4899			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4900			no holdoff.
4901
4902	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4903			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4904			in microseconds.
4905
4906	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4907			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4908			in microseconds.
4909
4910	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4911			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4912			in seconds.
4913
4914	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4915			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
4916			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4917			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4918			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
4919			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
4920			of CPUs to be used.
4921
4922	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4923			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4924			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4925
4926	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4927			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4928			forward-progress tests.
4929
4930	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4931			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4932			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4933			testing.
4934
4935	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4936			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4937			primitives, if available.
4938
4939	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4940			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4941
4942	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4943			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4944			update-side primitives, if available.
4945
4946	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4947			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4948			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4949			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4950			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4951			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4952			they are all non-zero.
4953
4954	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4955			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4956			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4957			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4958
4959	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4960			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4961			This can of course result in splats, and is
4962			intended to test the ability of things like
4963			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4964			such leaks.
4965
4966	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4967			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4968
4969	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4970			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4971			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4972			test, hence the "fake".
4973
4974	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4975			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4976			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4977
4978	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4979			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4980			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4981
4982	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4983			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4984			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4985			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4986			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4987			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4988
4989	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4990			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4991
4992	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4993			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4994
4995	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4996			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4997			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4998
4999	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5000			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5001			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5002			task-exit processing.
5003
5004	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5005			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5006			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5007			is spawned.
5008
5009	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5010			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5011			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5012
5013	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5014			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5015			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5016			during the rcutorture test.
5017
5018	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5019			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5020			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5021
5022	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5023			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5024			warnings, zero to disable.
5025
5026	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5027			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5028			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
5029			to any other stall-related activity.
5030
5031	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5032			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5033
5034	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5035			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5036
5037	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5038			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5039			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5040			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5041			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5042			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5043
5044	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5045			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5046
5047	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5048			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5049			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5050			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5051			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5052
5053	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5054			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5055			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5056			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5057
5058	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5059			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5060
5061	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5062			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5063
5064	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5065			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5066			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5067
5068	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5069			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5070
5071	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5072			Enable additional printk() statements.
5073
5074	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5075			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5076			stall warning.
5077
5078	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5079			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5080
5081	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5082			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5083			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5084			during early boot, that is, during the time
5085			before the init task is spawned.
5086
5087	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5088			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5089			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5090			value is 300 seconds.
5091
5092	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5093			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5094			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5095			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5096			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5097			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5098			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5099			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5100			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5101
5102	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5103			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5104			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5105			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5106			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5107			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5108			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5109
5110	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5111			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5112			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5113			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5114			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5115			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5116			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5117			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5118			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5119
5120	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5121			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5122			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5123			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5124			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5125
5126			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5127			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5128			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5129			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5130			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5131			grace-period processing.
5132
5133	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5134			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5135			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5136			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5137			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5138			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5139			set to the default value of -1.
5140
5141	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5142			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5143			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5144			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5145			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5146			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5147			the default value of -1.
5148
5149	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5150			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5151			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5152			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5153			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5154			for use in testing.
5155
5156	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5157			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5158			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5159			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5160			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5161			but lengthens grace periods.
5162
5163	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5164			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5165			informational messages, which give some indication
5166			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5167			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5168			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5169			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5170			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5171			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5172			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5173
5174	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5175			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5176			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5177			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5178			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5179			the value three, so that the first informational
5180			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5181			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5182			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5183			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5184
5185	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5186			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5187			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5188			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5189			A change in value does not take effect until
5190			the beginning of the next grace period.
5191
5192	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5193			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5194
5195	rdinit=		[KNL]
5196			Format: <full_path>
5197			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5198			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5199
5200	rdrand=		[X86]
5201			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5202				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5203				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5204				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5205				path).
5206
5207	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5208			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5209			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5210			mba.
5211			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5212				rdt=cmt,!mba
5213
5214	reboot=		[KNL]
5215			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5216				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5217				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5218				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5219				[[,]f[orce]
5220			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5221					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5222					reboot only),
5223			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5224			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5225			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5226					to be used for rebooting.
5227
5228	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5229			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5230			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5231			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5232			interference.
5233
5234	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5235			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5236			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5237			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5238			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5239			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5240			x86 laptops.
5241
5242	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5243			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5244			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5245			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5246
5247	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5248			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5249			the console log.
5250
5251	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5252			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5253			measured in microseconds.
5254
5255	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5256			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5257
5258	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5259			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5260			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5261			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5262			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5263
5264	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5265			Enable additional printk() statements.
5266
5267	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5268			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5269			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5270			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5271			specified.
5272
5273	relax_domain_level=
5274			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5275			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5276
5277	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5278			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5279			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5280			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5281			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5282
5283	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5284			Format: nn[KMG]
5285			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5286			address space.
5287
5288	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5289			during initialization.
5290
5291	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5292			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5293			Format:
5294			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5295
5296	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5297			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5298			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5299			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5300			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5301
5302	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5303			read the resume files
5304
5305	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5306			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5307			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5308
5309	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5310
5311	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5312			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5313			vulnerability.
5314
5315			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5316			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5317			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5318			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5319			that don't.
5320
5321			off          - no mitigation
5322			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5323			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5324				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5325				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5326				       and older without STIBP).
5327			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5328				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5329				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5330				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5331				       on Intel.
5332			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5333				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5334				       the alternative for systems which do not
5335				       have STIBP.
5336			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5337				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5338				       systems.
5339			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5340				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5341				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5342
5343			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5344			time according to the CPU.
5345
5346			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5347
5348	rfkill.default_state=
5349		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5350			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5351		1	Unblocked.
5352
5353	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5354		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5355		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5356			blocked and the previous configuration.
5357		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5358			blocked and everything unblocked.
5359
5360	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5361			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5362
5363	ring3mwait=disable
5364			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5365			CPUs.
5366
5367	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5368
5369	rodata=		[KNL]
5370		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5371		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5372		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5373		        [arm64]
5374
5375	rockchip.usb_uart
5376			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5377			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5378			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5379			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5380
5381	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5382			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
5383
5384	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5385			mount the root filesystem
5386
5387	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5388
5389	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5390
5391	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5392			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5393			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5394
5395	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5396			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5397			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5398			managed by CMA.
5399
5400	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5401
5402	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5403
5404	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5405			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5406		strict
5407			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5408			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5409			which is faster.
5410
5411	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5412			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5413			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5414			factor of the size of main memory.
5415			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5416			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5417			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5418			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5419			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5420			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5421			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5422
5423	sa1100ir	[NET]
5424			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5425
5426	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5427
5428	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5429			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5430			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5431			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5432
5433	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5434			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5435			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5436			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5437			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5438			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5439			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5440			value.
5441			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5442			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5443				1			64 ms
5444				2			128 ms
5445			and so on.
5446			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5447			Default is 0.
5448
5449	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5450			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5451			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5452			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5453			tests.
5454
5455	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5456			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5457			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5458			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5459			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5460			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5461			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5462
5463	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5464			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5465			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5466			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5467			equal to the number of CPUs.
5468
5469	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5470			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5471			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5472
5473	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5474			Number seconds to wait between successive
5475			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5476			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5477
5478	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5479			The number of seconds following the start of the
5480			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5481			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5482			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5483
5484	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5485			The number of seconds between outputting the
5486			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5487			of zero disables statistics output.
5488
5489	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5490			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5491			to the set of CPUs under test.
5492
5493	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5494			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5495			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5496			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5497			functions.
5498
5499	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5500			Enable additional printk() statements.
5501
5502	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5503			The probability weighting to use for the
5504			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5505			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5506			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5507			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5508			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5509
5510	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5511			The probability weighting to use for the
5512			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5513			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5514
5515	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5516			The probability weighting to use for the
5517			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5518			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5519			Note well that setting a high probability for
5520			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5521			on the system.
5522
5523	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5524			The probability weighting to use for the
5525			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5526			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5527			and weight_many.
5528
5529	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5530			The probability weighting to use for the
5531			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5532			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5533			weight_many.
5534
5535	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5536			The probability weighting to use for the
5537			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5538			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5539			and weight_many.
5540
5541	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5542			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5543			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5544			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5545			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5546			1 -- enable.
5547			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5548			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5549
5550	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5551			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5552			"lsm=" parameter.
5553
5554	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5555			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5556			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5557			0 -- disable.
5558			1 -- enable.
5559			Default value is 1.
5560
5561	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
5562			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5563			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
5564			0 -- disable.
5565			1 -- enable.
5566			Default value is set via kernel config option.
5567
5568	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5569
5570	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5571
5572	shapers=	[NET]
5573			Maximal number of shapers.
5574
5575	simeth=		[IA-64]
5576	simscsi=
5577
5578	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5579
5580	slab_merge	[MM]
5581			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5582			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5583
5584	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5585			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5586			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5587			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5588			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5589			layout control by attackers can usually be
5590			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5591			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5592			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5593			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5594			own.
5595			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5596
5597	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5598			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5599			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5600			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5601			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5602
5603	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5604			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5605			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5606			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5607			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5608			last alloc / free. For more information see
5609			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5610
5611	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5612			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5613			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5614			fragmentation. For more information see
5615			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5616
5617	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5618			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5619			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5620			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5621			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5622			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5623			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5624			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5625
5626	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5627			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5628			lower than slub_max_order.
5629			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5630
5631	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5632			Same with slab_merge.
5633
5634	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5635			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5636			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5637
5638	smart2=		[HW]
5639			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5640
5641	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5642			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5643			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5644			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5645			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5646			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5647			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5648			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5649			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5650			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5651
5652	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5653	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5654	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5655	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5656	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5657	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5658	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5659				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5660				1: Fast pin select (default)
5661				2: ATC IRMode
5662
5663	smt=		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5664			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5665			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5666			actual hardware limit.
5667			Format: <integer>
5668			Default: -1 (no limit)
5669
5670	softlockup_panic=
5671			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5672			Format: 0 | 1
5673
5674			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5675			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5676			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5677			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5678			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5679
5680	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5681			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5682			backtraces on all cpus.
5683			Format: 0 | 1
5684
5685	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5686			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5687
5688	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5689			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5690			The default operation protects the kernel from
5691			user space attacks.
5692
5693			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5694			       spectre_v2_user=on
5695			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5696			       spectre_v2_user=off
5697			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5698			       vulnerable
5699
5700			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5701			mitigation method at run time according to the
5702			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5703			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5704			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5705
5706			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5707			against user space to user space task attacks.
5708
5709			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5710			the user space protections.
5711
5712			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5713
5714			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5715			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5716			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
5717			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
5718			eibrs		  - enhanced IBRS
5719			eibrs,retpoline   - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
5720			eibrs,lfence      - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
5721			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
5722
5723			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5724			spectre_v2=auto.
5725
5726	spectre_v2_user=
5727			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5728		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5729		        user space tasks
5730
5731			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5732				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5733
5734			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5735				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5736
5737			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5738				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5739				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5740				  is inherited on fork.
5741
5742			prctl,ibpb
5743				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5744				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5745				  always when switching between different user
5746				  space processes.
5747
5748			seccomp
5749				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5750				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5751				  they explicitly opt out.
5752
5753			seccomp,ibpb
5754				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5755				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5756				  always when switching between different
5757				  user space processes.
5758
5759			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5760				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5761
5762			Default mitigation: "prctl"
5763
5764			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5765			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5766
5767	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5768			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5769			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5770
5771			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5772			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5773			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5774			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5775			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5776			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5777			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5778			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5779
5780			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5781			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5782			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5783			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5784
5785			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5786			Bypass optimization is used.
5787
5788			On x86 the options are:
5789
5790			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5791			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5792			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5793				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5794				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5795				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5796				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5797				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5798			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5799				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5800				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5801				  is inherited on fork.
5802			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5803				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5804
5805			Default mitigations:
5806			X86:	"prctl"
5807
5808			On powerpc the options are:
5809
5810			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5811				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5812				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5813				  exit.
5814			off	- No action.
5815
5816			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5817			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5818
5819	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5820	spia_fio_base=
5821	spia_pedr=
5822	spia_peddr=
5823
5824	split_lock_detect=
5825			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5826
5827			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5828			instructions that access data across cache line
5829			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5830			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5831			bus lock detection.
5832
5833			off	- not enabled
5834
5835			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5836				  about applications triggering the #AC
5837				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5838				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5839				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5840				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5841				  enabled in hardware.
5842
5843			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5844				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5845				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5846				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5847
5848			ratelimit:N -
5849				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5850				  per second for bus lock detection.
5851				  0 < N <= 1000.
5852
5853				  N/A for split lock detection.
5854
5855
5856			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5857			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5858			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5859			mode.
5860
5861			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5862			CPL > 0.
5863
5864	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5865			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5866			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5867
5868			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5869			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5870			number generator.
5871
5872			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5873			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5874			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5875			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5876			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5877
5878			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5879			the following option:
5880
5881			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5882				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5883
5884	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
5885			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
5886			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
5887			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
5888			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
5889			but takes effect only when the low-order four
5890			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
5891			(decide at boot).
5892
5893	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
5894			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
5895			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
5896			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
5897
5898				   0:  Never.
5899				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
5900				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
5901				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
5902				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
5903
5904			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
5905			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
5906			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
5907
5908	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5909			Specifies how frequently to check for
5910			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5911			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5912			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5913			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5914			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5915			are ignored.
5916
5917	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5918			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5919			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5920			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5921			grace period will be considered for automatic
5922			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5923			expediting.
5924
5925	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
5926			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
5927			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
5928			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
5929			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
5930			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
5931
5932	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
5933			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
5934			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
5935			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
5936			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
5937			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
5938
5939	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
5940			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
5941			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
5942
5943	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
5944			Specifies the number of update-side contention
5945			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
5946			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
5947			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
5948			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
5949			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
5950
5951	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5952			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5953
5954			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5955			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5956			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5957			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5958
5959			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5960				   for both kernel and userspace
5961			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5962				   for both kernel and userspace
5963			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5964				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5965				   to allow userspace to register its
5966				   interest in being mitigated too.
5967
5968	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5969			override the default stack gap protection. The value
5970			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5971			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5972			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5973			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5974
5975	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5976			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5977			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5978			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5979			to false.
5980
5981	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
5982			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5983
5984	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5985			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5986			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5987			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5988			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5989			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5990			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5991
5992	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
5993			Format: <num>
5994			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5995			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5996			as the initial boot-console.
5997			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5998
5999	sti_font=	[HW]
6000			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6001
6002	stifb=		[HW]
6003			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6004
6005        strict_sas_size=
6006			[X86]
6007			Format: <bool>
6008			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6009			against the required signal frame size which
6010			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6011			be used to filter out binaries which have
6012			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6013
6014	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6015	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6016			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6017			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6018			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6019			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6020			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6021			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6022			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6023			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6024			maximum port values.
6025
6026	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6027			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6028			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6029			process in parallel from a single connection.
6030			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6031
6032	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6033			[NFS]
6034			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6035			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6036			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6037			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6038			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6039			NFS server is running.
6040
6041			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6042				    automatically using heuristics
6043			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6044			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6045			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6046				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6047
6048	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6049	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6050			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6051			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6052			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6053			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6054			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6055			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6056
6057	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6058			[SUSPEND]
6059			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6060			mode before resuming the system (see
6061			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6062			is set. Default value is 5.
6063
6064	svm=		[PPC]
6065			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6066			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6067			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6068
6069	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6070			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6071			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6072			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6073				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6074				 to a power of 2.
6075			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6076			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6077			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6078
6079	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6080
6081	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6082			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6083			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6084			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6085			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6086			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6087			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6088			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6089
6090	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
6091			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
6092			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
6093			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
6094			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
6095			in older udev will not work anymore.
6096			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
6097			the kernel configuration.
6098
6099	sysrq_always_enabled
6100			[KNL]
6101			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6102			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6103			Useful for debugging.
6104
6105	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6106			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6107			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6108			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6109			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6110			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6111
6112	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6113
6114	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6115			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6116			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6117			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6118			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6119			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6120			The system is woken from this state using a
6121			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6122
6123	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6124			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6125
6126	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6127			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6128			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6129
6130	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6131			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6132			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6133
6134	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
6135			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
6136			critical and hot trip points.
6137
6138	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6139			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6140
6141	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6142			-1: disable all passive trip points
6143			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6144			value
6145
6146	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6147			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6148			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6149			0: no polling (default)
6150
6151	threadirqs	[KNL]
6152			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6153			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6154
6155	topology=	[S390]
6156			Format: {off | on}
6157			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6158			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6159			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6160			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6161			Default is on.
6162
6163	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6164			Format: {off}
6165			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6166			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6167			LPAR.
6168
6169	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6170			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6171			until after init has spawned.
6172
6173	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6174			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6175			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6176			very costly operation when many torture tests
6177			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6178			with rotating-rust storage.
6179
6180	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6181			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6182			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6183			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6184
6185	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6186			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6187
6188	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6189
6190	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6191			Format: integer pcr id
6192			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6193			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6194			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6195			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6196			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6197			are saved.
6198
6199	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6200			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6201			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6202			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6203			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6204			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6205
6206			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6207			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6208			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6209			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6210
6211			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6212			to stop the printing of events to console at
6213			late_initcall_sync.
6214
6215			** CAUTION **
6216
6217			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6218			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6219			the system to live lock.
6220
6221	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6222			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6223			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6224			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6225			make the system inoperable.
6226
6227			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6228			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6229
6230	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6231			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6232
6233	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6234			at boot up.
6235			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6236				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6237				depending on the architecture, may not be
6238				in sync between CPUs.
6239			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6240				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6241				but better for some race conditions.
6242			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6243				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6244				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6245				once per event.
6246			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6247			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6248			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6249			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6250				stamps.
6251			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6252			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6253			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6254
6255	trace_event=[event-list]
6256			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6257			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6258			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6259			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6260
6261	trace_options=[option-list]
6262			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6263			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6264			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6265			to echo the option name into
6266
6267			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
6268
6269			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6270			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6271
6272			      trace_options=stacktrace
6273
6274			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6275			section.
6276
6277	traceoff_on_warning
6278			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6279			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6280			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6281			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
6282
6283			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6284			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6285			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6286
6287			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6288			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6289
6290	transparent_hugepage=
6291			[KNL]
6292			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6293			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6294			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6295			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6296			for more details.
6297
6298	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6299			Format: <string>
6300			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6301			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6302			sources:
6303			- "tpm"
6304			- "tee"
6305			- "caam"
6306			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6307			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6308			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6309			successfully during iteration.
6310
6311	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6312			Format: <string>
6313			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6314			Can be one of:
6315			- "kernel"
6316			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6317			- "default"
6318			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6319			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6320
6321	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6322			Format: <string>
6323			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6324			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6325			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6326			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6327			virtualized environment.
6328			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6329			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6330			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6331			can add overhead.
6332			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6333			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6334			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6335			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6336			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6337			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6338			acceptable).
6339
6340	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6341			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6342			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6343			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6344			Format: <unsigned int>
6345
6346	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6347			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6348			support TSX control.
6349
6350			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6351
6352			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6353				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6354				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6355				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6356				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6357				with leaving it enabled.
6358
6359			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6360				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6361				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6362				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6363				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6364				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6365				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6366
6367			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6368				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6369
6370			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6371
6372			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6373			for more details.
6374
6375	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6376			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6377
6378			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6379			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6380			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6381			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6382			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6383			conditions.
6384
6385			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6386			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6387			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6388			access.
6389
6390			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6391			options are:
6392
6393			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6394				     if TSX is enabled.
6395
6396			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6397				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6398				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6399				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6400			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6401
6402			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6403			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6404			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6405			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6406
6407			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6408			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6409			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6410			required and doesn't provide any additional
6411			mitigation.
6412
6413			For details see:
6414			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6415
6416	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6417			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6418			Format:
6419			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6420			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6421
6422	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6423			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6424			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6425			help "seeing" what's going on.
6426
6427	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6428			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6429
6430	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6431			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6432			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6433			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6434			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6435			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6436			reported either.
6437
6438	unknown_nmi_panic
6439			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6440
6441	usbcore.authorized_default=
6442			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6443			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
6444			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6445			if device connected to internal port)
6446
6447	usbcore.autosuspend=
6448			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6449			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6450			is the time required before an idle device will be
6451			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6452			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6453
6454	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6455			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6456
6457	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6458			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6459			(default = 65536).
6460
6461	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6462			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6463
6464	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6465			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6466			scheme (default 0 = off).
6467
6468	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6469			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6470			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6471
6472	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6473			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6474			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6475
6476	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6477			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6478			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6479			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6480
6481	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6482
6483	usbcore.quirks=
6484			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6485			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6486			commas. Each entry has the form
6487			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6488			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6489			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6490			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6491			the following meanings:
6492				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6493					descriptors must not be fetched using
6494					a 255-byte read);
6495				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6496					correctly so reset it instead);
6497				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6498					Set-Interface requests);
6499				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6500					handle its Configuration or Interface
6501					strings);
6502				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6503					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6504				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6505					more interface descriptions than the
6506					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6507					talking to these interfaces);
6508				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6509					during initialization, after we read
6510					the device descriptor);
6511				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6512					high speed and super speed interrupt
6513					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6514					require the interval in microframes (1
6515					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6516					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6517					(bInterval-1).
6518					Devices with this quirk report their
6519					bInterval as the result of this
6520					calculation instead of the exponent
6521					variable used in the calculation);
6522				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6523					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6524					requests);
6525				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6526					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6527					remote wakeup capability);
6528				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6529					Power Management);
6530				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6531					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6532					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6533					calculation);
6534				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6535					to be disconnected before suspend to
6536					prevent spurious wakeup);
6537				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6538					pause after every control message);
6539				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6540					delay after resetting its port);
6541			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6542
6543	usbhid.mousepoll=
6544			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6545
6546	usbhid.jspoll=
6547			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6548
6549	usbhid.kbpoll=
6550			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6551
6552	usb-storage.delay_use=
6553			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6554			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6555
6556	usb-storage.quirks=
6557			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6558			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6559			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6560			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6561			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6562			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6563			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6564				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6565					of sense data, not on uas);
6566				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6567					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6568				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6569					device capacity by one sector);
6570				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6571					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6572				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6573					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6574				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6575					command, uas only);
6576				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6577					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6578				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6579					reported device capacity by one
6580					sector if the number is odd);
6581				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6582					device);
6583				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6584					command, uas only);
6585				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6586				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6587					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6588				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6589					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6590					not on uas);
6591				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6592					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6593				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6594					reported by the device, not on uas);
6595				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6596					by default, not on uas);
6597				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6598					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6599				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6600					Logical Unit);
6601				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6602					commands, uas only);
6603				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6604				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6605					medium is write-protected).
6606				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6607					even if the device claims no cache,
6608					not on uas)
6609			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6610
6611	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6612			Format: <int>
6613			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6614				 1 - undefined instruction events
6615				 2 - system calls
6616				 4 - invalid data aborts
6617				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6618				16 - SIGBUS faults
6619			Example: user_debug=31
6620
6621	userpte=
6622			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6623
6624				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6625					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6626					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6627
6628	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6629			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6630
6631			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6632			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6633
6634	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6635			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6636			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6637
6638			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6639			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6640			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6641
6642			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6643			alias for vdso32=0.
6644
6645			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6646			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6647
6648	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
6649			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6650
6651	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
6652			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6653
6654	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
6655			Format: [0|1]
6656			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6657			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6658			level and then send out the event to user space through
6659			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
6660			will only send out the event without touching backlight
6661			brightness level.
6662			default: 1
6663
6664	virtio_mmio.device=
6665			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6666
6667				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6668			where:
6669				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6670						like K, M and G)
6671				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6672				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6673						request_irq())
6674				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6675			example:
6676				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6677
6678			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6679
6680	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6681			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6682			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6683			Use vga=ask for menu.
6684			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6685			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6686
6687	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6688			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6689			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6690			All options are enabled by default, and this
6691			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6692			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6693			debugging features.
6694
6695			Available options are:
6696			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6697			  -	Disable all of the above options
6698
6699	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6700			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6701			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6702			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6703			mapped kernel RAM.
6704
6705	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6706			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6707			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6708
6709	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6710			Format: <command>
6711
6712	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6713			Format: <command>
6714
6715	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6716			Format: <command>
6717
6718	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6719			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6720			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6721			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6722			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6723			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6724			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6725
6726			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6727			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6728				    page is readable.
6729
6730			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6731			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6732				    page is not readable.
6733
6734			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6735			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6736			            might break your system.
6737
6738	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6739			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6740			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6741
6742	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6743			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6744			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6745			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6746
6747	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6748			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6749			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6750			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6751			ranging from 0-255.
6752
6753	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6754			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6755			Change the default green palette of the console.
6756			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6757			ranging from 0-255.
6758
6759	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6760			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6761			Change the default red palette of the console.
6762			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6763			ranging from 0-255.
6764
6765	vt.default_utf8=
6766			[VT]
6767			Format=<0|1>
6768			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6769			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6770			newly opened terminals.
6771
6772	vt.global_cursor_default=
6773			[VT]
6774			Format=<-1|0|1>
6775			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6776			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6777			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6778			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6779			cursors, 1 will display them.
6780
6781	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6782			Default: 2 = green.
6783
6784	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6785			Default: 3 = cyan.
6786
6787	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6788			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6789			or other driver-specific files in the
6790			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6791
6792	watchdog_thresh=
6793			[KNL]
6794			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6795			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6796			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6797			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6798			seconds.
6799
6800	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6801			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6802			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6803			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6804			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6805			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6806			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6807			corresponding sysfs file.
6808
6809	workqueue.disable_numa
6810			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6811			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6812			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6813			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6814			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6815			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6816			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6817
6818	workqueue.power_efficient
6819			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6820			they show better performance thanks to cache
6821			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6822			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6823
6824			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6825			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6826			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6827			power usage at the cost of small performance
6828			overhead.
6829
6830			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6831			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6832
6833	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6834			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6835			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6836			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6837			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6838			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6839			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6840			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6841			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6842			impacted.
6843
6844	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6845			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6846			supporting x2apic.
6847
6848	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6849			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6850			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6851			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6852			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6853			domains.
6854
6855	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6856			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6857			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6858			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6859			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6860			nics -- unplug network devices
6861			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6862			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6863				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6864				the unplug protocol
6865			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6866
6867	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6868			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6869			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6870
6871	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
6872			Format: <bool>
6873			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
6874			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
6875			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
6876
6877	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6878			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6879			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6880			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6881
6882	xen_nopv	[X86]
6883			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6884			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6885			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6886			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6887
6888	xen_no_vector_callback
6889			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6890			event channel interrupts.
6891
6892	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6893			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6894			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6895			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6896			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6897
6898	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6899			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6900			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6901			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6902			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6903			more timer interrupts.
6904
6905	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
6906			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
6907			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
6908			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
6909			started with less memory configured than allowed at
6910			max. Default is 180.
6911
6912	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
6913			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6914			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6915
6916	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
6917			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6918			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6919
6920	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
6921			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6922			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6923			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6924			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6925			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6926
6927	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6928			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6929			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6930			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6931
6932	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
6933			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6934			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6935			contention.
6936
6937	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
6938			Format:
6939			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6940
6941	xive=		[PPC]
6942			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6943			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6944			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6945
6946			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6947				  controller on both pseries and powernv
6948				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6949
6950	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
6951			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
6952			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
6953			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
6954			loads instead, as on POWER9.
6955
6956	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
6957			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6958			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6959			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6960
6961	xmon		[PPC]
6962			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6963			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6964			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6965			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6966				debugger is called from setup_arch().
6967			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6968				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6969				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6970				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6971			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6972				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6973				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6974				can be written using xmon commands.
6975			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6976				memory, and other data can't be written using
6977				xmon commands.
6978			off	xmon is disabled.
6979
6980	amd_pstate=	[X86]
6981			disable
6982			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
6983			  scaling driver for the supported processors
6984			passive
6985			  Use amd_pstate as a scaling driver, driver requests a
6986			  desired performance on this abstract scale and the power
6987			  management firmware translates the requests into actual
6988			  hardware states (core frequency, data fabric and memory
6989			  clocks etc.)
6990