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