diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 413 |
1 files changed, 106 insertions, 307 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2b2407d9a6d..ed45e9802aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ parameter is applicable: AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. - DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. + DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. + DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime FB The frame buffer device is enabled. GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. @@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ parameter is applicable: MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. NET Appropriate network support is enabled. NUMA NUMA support is enabled. - GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. OSS OSS sound support is enabled. PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. @@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ parameter is applicable: RAM RAM disk support is enabled. S390 S390 architecture is enabled. SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. - A lot of drivers has their options described inside of - Documentation/scsi/. + A lot of drivers have their options described inside + the Documentation/scsi/ sub-directory. SECURITY Different security models are enabled. SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. + APPARMOR AppArmor support is enabled. SERIAL Serial support is enabled. SH SuperH architecture is enabled. SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. @@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ parameter is applicable: More X86-64 boot options can be found in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt . X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) + XEN Xen support is enabled In addition, the following text indicates that the option: @@ -280,36 +282,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved, no further checks are performed. - ad1848= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type> - add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in kernel's map of available physical RAM. - advansys= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. - - aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16 - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> - See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c. - agp= [AGP] { off | try_unsupported } off: disable AGP support try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets (may crash computer or cause data corruption) - aha152x= [HW,SCSI] - See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt. - - aha1542= [HW,SCSI] - Format: <portbase>[,<buson>,<busoff>[,<dmaspeed>]] - - aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI] - See Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt. - - aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] - See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. + ALSA [HW,ALSA] + See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt alignment= [KNL,ARM] Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler @@ -371,8 +354,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse - atascsi= [HW,SCSI] Atari SCSI - atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess, EzKey and similar keyboards @@ -422,10 +403,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST - BusLogic= [HW,SCSI] - See drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c, comment before function - BusLogic_ParseDriverOptions(). - c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection. @@ -468,7 +445,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } - clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource + clocksource= Override the default clocksource Format: <string> Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource with the name specified. @@ -479,7 +456,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 [AVR32] avr32 - [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer; + [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc; scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 [MIPS] MIPS [PARISC] cr16 @@ -594,6 +571,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <port#>,<type> See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt + ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot + time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for + details. + debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). debug_locks_verbose= @@ -655,8 +636,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. - dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers - dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support, this option disables the debugging code at boot. @@ -676,8 +655,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file dscc4.setup= [NET] - dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI] - dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also be switched on/off via @@ -686,8 +663,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] + uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. + MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8bit (mmio) + or 32bit (mmio32). The options are the same as for ttyS, above. earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN] @@ -715,8 +695,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file This is desgined to be used in conjunction with the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga - eata= [HW,SCSI] - edd= [EDD] Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} @@ -772,12 +750,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> See also /Documentation/fault-injection/. - fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c. - - fdomain= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c. - floppy= [HW] See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt. @@ -837,14 +809,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated debugfs files are removed at module unload time. - gdth= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c. - gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. - gvp11= [HW,SCSI] - hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise. @@ -917,9 +884,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file controller i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX controllers - i8042.panicblink= - [HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink - when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec) i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock @@ -936,9 +900,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN capability is set. - ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter - See Documentation/mca.txt. - icn= [HW,ISDN] Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]] @@ -988,9 +949,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files opened for read by uid=0. - in2000= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c. - init= [KNL] Format: <full_path> Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init @@ -1028,6 +986,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed to batching them for performance. + intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] + Format: { on (default) | off | nosid } + on enable Interrupt Remapping (default) + off disable Interrupt Remapping + nosid disable Source ID checking + inttest= [IA64] iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory @@ -1068,9 +1032,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See comment before ip2_setup() in drivers/char/ip2/ip2base.c. - ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller - See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. - irqfixup [HW] When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken @@ -1143,9 +1104,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles. Requires a tty driver that supports console polling, or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb). - Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud] - keyboard only format: kbd - keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud] + Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud] + keyboard only format: kbd + keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud] + Optional Kernel mode setting: + kms, kbd format: kms,kbd + kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud] kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. @@ -1167,9 +1131,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file kvm.oos_shadow= [KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging. Default is 1 (enabled) - kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM. + kvm.mmu_audit= [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit + KVM MMU at runtime. Default is 0 (off) + kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM. + Default is 1 (enabled) + kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU) for all guests. Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode @@ -1343,9 +1311,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ltpc= [NET] Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> - mac5380= [HW,SCSI] Format: - <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> - machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb @@ -1367,13 +1332,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file be mounted Format: <1-256> - max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe. - Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. - - max_report_luns= - [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received. - Should be between 1 and 16384. - mcatest= [IA-64] mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception @@ -1523,9 +1481,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file that the amount of memory usable for all allocations is not too small. - mpu401= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq> - MTD_Partition= [MTD] Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> @@ -1573,19 +1528,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card - NCR_D700= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c. - - ncr5380= [HW,SCSI] - - ncr53c400= [HW,SCSI] - - ncr53c400a= [HW,SCSI] - - ncr53c406a= [HW,SCSI] - - ncr53c8xx= [HW,SCSI] - netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name> Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean @@ -1597,15 +1539,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting 0 to disable accounting 1 to enable accounting - Default value depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT that is - going to be removed in 2.6.29. + Default value is 0. - nfsaddrs= [NFS] + nfsaddrs= [NFS] Deprecated. Use ip= instead. See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes. See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. + nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages. + See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. + nfs.callback_tcpport= [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback channel should listen. @@ -1755,11 +1699,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt remapping. + [Deprecated - use intremap=off] nointroute [IA-64] nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. + no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver + nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. @@ -1780,7 +1727,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space - noreplace-paravirt [X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops + noreplace-paravirt [X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions with UP alternatives @@ -1812,6 +1759,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem + nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector. + nowb [ARM] nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. @@ -1849,9 +1798,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file For example, to override I2C bus2: omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100 - opl3= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io> - oprofile.timer= [HW] Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters @@ -1863,9 +1809,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the CPU specific event set. - osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver - Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold> - See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt. + OSS [HW,OSS] + See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic Format: <timeout> @@ -1899,12 +1844,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips. Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp] - pas2= [HW,OSS] Format: - <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16> - - pas16= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. - pause_on_oops= Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if @@ -1970,6 +1909,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file norom [X86] Do not assign address space to expansion ROMs that do not already have BIOS assigned address ranges. + nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the + BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS. irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards @@ -2047,15 +1988,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it. WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups. + pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe ports handling: + auto Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services + associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER). Use + them only if that is allowed by the BIOS. + native Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports + unconditionally. + compat Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe + ports driver. + pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options: - Format: {auto|force}[,nomsi] - auto Use native PCIe PME signaling if the BIOS allows the - kernel to control PCIe config registers of root ports. - force Use native PCIe PME signaling even if the BIOS refuses - to allow the kernel to control the relevant PCIe config - registers. nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes - all PCIe root ports use INTx for everything). + all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services). pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 @@ -2171,10 +2115,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). - pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614) - Format: - <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> - pt. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. @@ -2227,9 +2167,19 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual address space. + reservelow= [X86] + Format: nn[K] + Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at + the bottom of the address space. + reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device during initialization. + resource_alloc_from_bottom + Allocate new resources from the beginning of available + space, not the end. If you need to use this, please + report a bug. + resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspend @@ -2239,6 +2189,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt + hibernate= [HIBERNATION] + noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image + present during boot. + nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images. + retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] @@ -2273,30 +2228,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages. - scsi_debug_*= [SCSI] - See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c. - - scsi_default_dev_flags= - [SCSI] SCSI default device flags - Format: <integer> - - scsi_dev_flags= [SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model - Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags> - (flags are integer value) - - scsi_logging_level= [SCSI] a bit mask of logging levels - See drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h for bits. Also - settable via sysctl at dev.scsi.logging_level - (/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level). - There is also a nice 'scsi_logging_level' script in the - S390-tools package, available for download at - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-1.5.4.html - - scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are - discovered. async scans them in kernel threads, - allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting - user space to do the scan. - security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot. If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first security module asking for security registration will be @@ -2312,6 +2243,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used later to disable prior to initial policy load. + apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time + Format: { "0" | "1" } + See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text + 0 -- disable. + 1 -- enable. + Default value is set via kernel config option. + serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] shapers= [NET] @@ -2323,9 +2261,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file The parameter means the number of CPUs to show, for example 1 means boot CPU only. - sim710= [SCSI,HW] - See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c. - simeth= [IA-64] simscsi= @@ -2383,128 +2318,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 1: Fast pin select (default) 2: ATC IRMode - snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-als100= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-es968= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-interwave-stb= - [HW,ALSA] - - snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-opti92x-ad1848= - [HW,ALSA] - - snd-opti92x-cs4231= - [HW,ALSA] - - snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-serial= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-sun-amd7930= - [HW,ALSA] - - snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-trident= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB] - - snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA] - - snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA] - softlockup_panic= [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. @@ -2519,12 +2332,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file spia_pedr= spia_peddr= - sscape= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> - - st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) - See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. - stacktrace [FTRACE] Enabled the stack tracer on boot up. @@ -2582,8 +2389,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file switches= [HW,M68k] - sym53c416= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c. + sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL] + Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev + on older distributions. When this option is enabled + very new udev will not work anymore. When this option + is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled) + in older udev will not work anymore. + Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in + the kernel configuration. sysrq_always_enabled [KNL] @@ -2591,9 +2404,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. Useful for debugging. - t128= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c. - tdfx= [HW,DRM] test_suspend= [SUSPEND] @@ -2630,17 +2440,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency 0: no polling (default) - tmscsim= [HW,SCSI] - See comment before function dc390_setup() in - drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. - topology= [S390] Format: {off | on} Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu topology informations if the hardware supports these. The scheduler will make use of these informations and e.g. base its process migration decisions on it. - Default is off. + Default is on. tp720= [HW,PS2] @@ -2661,16 +2467,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file to facilitate early boot debugging. See also Documentation/trace/events.txt - trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro - Format: - <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> - tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. Format: <string> [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this disables clocksource verification at runtime. Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in virtualized environment. + [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. + Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any + platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting + can add overhead. turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface @@ -2678,15 +2484,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7> See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt - u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter - See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c. - - uart401= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq> - - uart6850= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq> - uhash_entries= [KNL,NET] Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections @@ -2852,15 +2649,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide cursors, 1 will display them. - waveartist= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> - - wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. - - wd7000= [HW,SCSI] - See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c. - watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers, see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt or other driver-specific files in the @@ -2879,6 +2667,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks. xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c. + xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] + Unplug Xen emulated devices + Format: [unplug0,][unplug1] + ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices + aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices + nics -- unplug network devices + all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks) + unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is + unnecessary even if the host did not respond to + the unplug protocol + never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds + xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] @@ -2887,5 +2687,4 @@ ______________________________________________________________________ TODO: - Add documentation for ALSA options. Add more DRM drivers. |