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Mauro Carvalho Chehabe53dd082007-09-15 07:38:47 -03001 Kernel Parameters
2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003
4The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented
5(mostly) by the __setup() macro and sorted into English Dictionary order
6(defined as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a
7case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known.
8
9Module parameters for loadable modules are specified only as the
10parameter name with optional '=' and value as appropriate, such as:
11
12 modprobe usbcore blinkenlights=1
13
14Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image
15are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
16'.' plus parameter name, with '=' and value if appropriate, such as:
17
18 usbcore.blinkenlights=1
19
Randy Dunlapca1eda22009-05-06 16:02:58 -070020Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
21 log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
22can also be entered as
23 log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
24
25
Stefan Richtera901ebb2006-04-01 01:43:18 +020026This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
27"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
28module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
29reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these
30parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
31"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}".
32
Stefan Richter6585fa82006-04-01 01:44:30 +020033The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were
34enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at
35the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a
36parameter is applicable:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070037
38 ACPI ACPI support is enabled.
Chuck Ebbertc99c1082007-07-27 10:46:20 +100039 AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070040 ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled.
41 APIC APIC support is enabled.
42 APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -070043 ARM ARM architecture is enabled.
Haavard Skinnemoene7ba1762007-10-10 14:58:29 +020044 AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070045 AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
Robin Getz0ae53642007-10-09 17:24:49 +080046 BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
Olof Johansson1e435252013-04-27 14:10:18 -070047 CLK Common clock infrastructure is enabled.
Robert Tivy5c71d612013-03-28 18:41:46 -070048 CMA Contiguous Memory Area support is enabled.
Alan Cox9cfe2682011-01-25 14:18:38 +000049 DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
50 DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070051 EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
52 EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
53 EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
Mimi Zohar7102ebc2011-05-12 18:33:20 -040054 EVM Extended Verification Module
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070055 FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -070056 FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
Peter Oberparleiter2521f2c2009-06-17 16:28:08 -070057 GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070058 HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070059 IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
Mimi Zohar6146f0d2009-02-04 09:06:57 -050060 IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070061 IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
Adrian Bunk41e2e8b2005-07-12 13:58:33 -070062 IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
Brian Haleyb0f83b22010-02-04 13:36:50 -080063 IPV6 IPv6 support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070064 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
65 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
66 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
Jason Wessel84c08fd2010-05-20 21:04:24 -050067 KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled.
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +020068 KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
Kristen Carlson Accardi11ef6972006-09-28 11:29:01 -070069 LIBATA Libata driver is enabled
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070070 LP Printer support is enabled.
71 LOOP Loopback device support is enabled.
72 M68k M68k architecture is enabled.
73 These options have more detailed description inside of
74 Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070075 MDA MDA console support is enabled.
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -070076 MIPS MIPS architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070077 MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
Matthew Wilcox309e57d2006-03-05 22:33:34 -070078 MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI).
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -070079 MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070080 NET Appropriate network support is enabled.
81 NUMA NUMA support is enabled.
82 NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
83 OSS OSS sound support is enabled.
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -070084 PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled.
85 PARIDE The ParIDE (parallel port IDE) subsystem is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070086 PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled.
87 PCI PCI bus support is enabled.
Randy Dunlap7f785762007-10-05 13:17:58 -070088 PCIE PCI Express support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070089 PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled.
90 PNP Plug & Play support is enabled.
91 PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled.
92 PPT Parallel port support is enabled.
93 PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
94 RAM RAM disk support is enabled.
95 S390 S390 architecture is enabled.
96 SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
Randy Dunlap163475f2010-08-14 12:36:14 -070097 A lot of drivers have their options described inside
98 the Documentation/scsi/ sub-directory.
James Morris20510f22007-10-16 23:31:32 -070099 SECURITY Different security models are enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700100 SELINUX SELinux support is enabled.
John Johansenc1c124e2010-07-29 14:48:09 -0700101 APPARMOR AppArmor support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700102 SERIAL Serial support is enabled.
Paul Mundte523d932007-02-28 18:30:01 +0900103 SH SuperH architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700104 SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel.
105 SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
David Brownell77437fd2008-07-23 21:28:33 -0700106 SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
107 SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
Rajiv Andrade225a9be2010-03-25 00:55:32 -0300108 TPM TPM drivers are enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700109 TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
Alan Sternd4f373e2008-11-10 14:07:45 -0500110 UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700111 USB USB support is enabled.
112 USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
113 V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
Pawel Moll81a054c2012-05-09 18:30:16 +0100114 VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700115 VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
116 VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
117 WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
118 XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700119 X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700120 X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled.
121 More X86-64 boot options can be found in
Uwe Hermann71cced62008-10-20 09:32:21 -0700122 Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -0700123 X86 Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
Stefano Stabellinic1c54132010-05-14 12:44:30 +0100124 XEN Xen support is enabled
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700125
126In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
127
128 BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor.
129 KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter.
130 BOOT Is a boot loader parameter.
131
132Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
133loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
134Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
Kyle McMartin954a8b82009-02-19 16:48:14 -0500135need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/boot.txt>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700136
Karsten Weiss55588702007-02-13 13:26:21 +0100137There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
Uwe Hermann71cced62008-10-20 09:32:21 -0700138See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
Karsten Weiss55588702007-02-13 13:26:21 +0100139
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700140Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
141a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
142be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that
143it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
144running once the system is up.
145
jens m. noedler9c4751f2006-09-29 02:00:27 -0700146The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the
147complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to
148a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
149and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
150./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
151
Ahmed S. Darwish7a19a232011-02-20 20:08:35 -0800152Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel
153parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_
154multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30
155bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
156
jens m. noedler9c4751f2006-09-29 02:00:27 -0700157
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +0530158 acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86]
Bernhard Walle03d926f2007-03-06 02:29:44 -0800159 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
Len Brown68ca4062010-02-19 00:09:22 -0500160 Format: { force | off | strict | noirq | rsdt }
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700161 force -- enable ACPI if default was off
162 off -- disable ACPI if default was on
163 noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700164 strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700165 strictly ACPI specification compliant.
Zhao Yakui237889b2008-12-17 16:55:18 +0800166 rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
Lin Mingaa2110c2010-04-08 14:34:27 +0800167 copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700168
Paul Bolle395cf962011-08-15 02:02:26 +0200169 See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700170
Takao Indoh4996c022011-07-14 18:05:21 -0400171 acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
172 Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
173 on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
174 second kernel for kdump.
175
Len Browna1fdcc02007-03-11 03:26:14 -0400176 acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC]
177 Format: <int>
178 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
179 1,0: use 1st APIC table
Len Brown4e381a42007-03-30 14:16:10 -0400180 default: 0
Len Browna1fdcc02007-03-11 03:26:14 -0400181
Thomas Renningerc3d6de62008-08-01 17:37:55 +0200182 acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI]
183 acpi_backlight=vendor
184 acpi_backlight=video
185 If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
186 (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
187 of the ACPI video.ko driver.
188
Bjorn Helgaasa0d84a92008-11-07 16:58:05 -0700189 acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
190 acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700191 Format: <int>
Bjorn Helgaasa0d84a92008-11-07 16:58:05 -0700192 CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
193 debug output. Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
194 _COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
195 #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
196 Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
197 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
198 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
Bjorn Helgaase76f4272008-11-13 17:30:13 -0600199 The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See
200 Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
201 debug layers and levels.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700202
Bjorn Helgaase76f4272008-11-13 17:30:13 -0600203 Enable processor driver info messages:
204 acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
205 Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
206 acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
Bjorn Helgaasa0d84a92008-11-07 16:58:05 -0700207 Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
208 object while interpreting AML:
209 acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
Bjorn Helgaasa0d84a92008-11-07 16:58:05 -0700210 Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
211 acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
Thomas Renninger36eec5e2008-08-11 15:03:20 +0200212
Bjorn Helgaasa0d84a92008-11-07 16:58:05 -0700213 Some values produce so much output that the system is
214 unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
215 if you need to capture more output.
Zhang Ruif9891062007-04-24 13:53:22 +0800216
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700217 acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
218 ACPI will balance active IRQs
219 default in APIC mode
220
221 acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
222 ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
223 default in PIC mode
224
225 acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
226 Format: <irq>,<irq>...
227
228 acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
229 use by PCI
230 Format: <irq>,<irq>...
231
232 acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
233
234 acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
235 Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
236
237 acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
238 acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string
239 acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2
240 acpi_osi= # disable all strings
241
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +0530242 acpi_pm_good [X86]
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700243 Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
244 to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
245 and always returns good values.
246
Randy Dunlap4af94f32009-04-17 18:30:28 -0700247 acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
248 Format: { level | edge | high | low }
249
250 acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
251
252 acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
253 Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
254 For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
255
256 acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
257 Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
Amerigo Wangc3b07952011-05-10 21:09:38 +0200258 old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable }
Randy Dunlap4af94f32009-04-17 18:30:28 -0700259 See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
260 s3_bios and s3_mode.
261 s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
262 as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
263 s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
264 used during resume from hibernation.
265 old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
266 control method, with respect to putting devices into
267 low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
268 of _PTS is used by default).
Rafael J. Wysocki72ad5d72010-07-23 22:59:09 +0200269 nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
270 ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
Zhang Ruid7f0eea2009-12-30 15:36:42 +0800271 sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
272 on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
273 but some broken systems don't work without it).
Randy Dunlap4af94f32009-04-17 18:30:28 -0700274
275 acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
276 Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
277 that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
278
Luca Tettamanti7e905602009-03-30 00:01:27 +0200279 acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI]
280 { strict | lax | no }
281 Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
282 and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
283 only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
284 used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
285 can interfere with legacy drivers.
286 strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
287 is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
288 resources will fail to bind to device using them.
289 lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
290 legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
291 will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
292 no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
293 no further checks are performed.
294
Randy Dunlap4af94f32009-04-17 18:30:28 -0700295 add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
296 kernel's map of available physical RAM.
297
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700298 agp= [AGP]
299 { off | try_unsupported }
300 off: disable AGP support
301 try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
302 (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
303
Randy Dunlapbcfde332010-06-07 17:10:38 -0700304 ALSA [HW,ALSA]
305 See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
306
Russell Kingd944d542010-02-20 16:13:29 +0000307 alignment= [KNL,ARM]
308 Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
309 behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
310 bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
311
Borislav Petkovdfb09f92011-08-05 15:15:08 +0200312 align_va_addr= [X86-64]
313 Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
314 allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
315 gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
316 machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
317 CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
318 a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
319
Borislav Petkov8360ee22011-11-21 12:10:19 +0100320 32: only for 32-bit processes
321 64: only for 64-bit processes
Borislav Petkovdfb09f92011-08-05 15:15:08 +0200322 on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
323 off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
324
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)55034cd2013-03-07 22:48:09 -0500325 alloc_snapshot [FTRACE]
326 Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
327 main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
328 and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
329 do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
330 to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
331
Sedat Dilek89e0b9a2011-12-05 23:08:32 +0100332 amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64]
Joerg Roedel54b4cbd2008-06-26 21:28:10 +0200333 Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
334 Possible values are:
FUJITA Tomonoriafa9fdc2008-09-20 01:23:30 +0900335 fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
336 they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
337 flushed before they will be reused, which
338 is a lot of faster
Joerg Roedela5235722010-05-11 17:12:33 +0200339 off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
340 the system
Joerg Roedel5abcdba2011-12-01 15:49:45 +0100341 force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
342 devices. The IOMMU driver is not
343 allowed anymore to lift isolation
344 requirements as needed. This option
345 does not override iommu=pt
FUJITA Tomonoriafa9fdc2008-09-20 01:23:30 +0900346
Shuah Khanc099cf12012-05-24 15:58:25 -0600347 amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64]
348 Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
349 for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
350 driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
351 IOMMU initialization.
352
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700353 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
354 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
355 Format: <a>,<b>
Paul Bolle395cf962011-08-15 02:02:26 +0200356 See also Documentation/input/joystick.txt
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700357
358 analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
359 Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
360 connected to one of 16 gameports
361 Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
362
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700363 apc= [HW,SPARC]
364 Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700365 Format: noidle
366 Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
367 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
368 APC and your system crashes randomly.
369
Randy Dunlapca1eda22009-05-06 16:02:58 -0700370 apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -0700371 Change the output verbosity whilst booting
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700372 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
373 Change the amount of debugging information output
374 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700375
Brian Haleyb0f83b22010-02-04 13:36:50 -0800376 autoconf= [IPV6]
377 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
378
Cyrill Gorcunov9636bc02009-10-14 19:09:04 +0400379 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
380 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
381 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
382 to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
383 Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
384 The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
385 apic=verbose is specified.
386 Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
387
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700388 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
Pavel Machek71f77052008-07-04 09:59:43 -0700389 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700391 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
392 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
393
394 ataflop= [HW,M68k]
395
396 atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
397
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700398 atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
399 EzKey and similar keyboards
400
401 atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
402
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700403 atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set
404 Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700405
406 atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
407 keyboards
408
409 atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
410 Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700411
412 atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
413 Use software keyboard repeat
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700414
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700415 baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
416 Format: <io>,<mode>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700417
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700418 baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
419 Format: <io>,<mode>
420 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
421
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700422 baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25]
423 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700424 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
425 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
426
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700427 baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25]
428 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700429 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
430 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
431
Randy Dunlapbfe8df32007-10-16 01:23:46 -0700432 boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
433 Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
434 no delay (0).
435 Format: integer
436
Andreas Herrmann35fc9082008-08-20 14:08:58 -0700437 bootmem_debug [KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
438
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700439 bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700440 bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as
441 kernel args too.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700442 bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
Paul Bolle395cf962011-08-15 02:02:26 +0200443 bttv.tuner=
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700444
Will Schmidt4e89a2d2010-09-28 15:33:12 +0000445 bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
446 firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
447 at a time.
448
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700449 c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
450
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700451 cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700452 Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
453 size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
454 to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
455 possible to determine what the correct size should be.
456 This option provides an override for these situations.
457
Sebastian Ott14ff56b2008-01-26 14:10:37 +0100458 ccw_timeout_log [S390]
459 See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700460
Paul Menage8bab8dd2008-04-04 14:29:57 -0700461 cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
462 Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
463 {Currently supported controllers - "memory"}
464
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700465 checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
466 Format: { "0" | "1" }
467 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700468 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
469 any implied execute protection).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700470 1 -- check protection requested by application.
471 Default value is set via a kernel config option.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700472 Value can be changed at runtime via
473 /selinux/checkreqprot.
474
Sebastian Ott661ca0d2008-01-26 14:10:36 +0100475 cio_ignore= [S390]
476 See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
Olof Johansson1e435252013-04-27 14:10:18 -0700477 clk_ignore_unused
478 [CLK]
479 Keep all clocks already enabled by bootloader on,
480 even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
481 for debug and development, but should not be
482 needed on a platform with proper driver support.
483 For more information, see Documentation/clk.txt.
Sebastian Ott661ca0d2008-01-26 14:10:36 +0100484
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700485 clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
john stultz734efb42006-06-26 00:25:05 -0700486 [Deprecated]
Matt LaPlante3f6dee92006-10-03 22:45:33 +0200487 Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
john stultz734efb42006-06-26 00:25:05 -0700488 when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
Matt LaPlante3f6dee92006-10-03 22:45:33 +0200489 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700490 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
491
John Stultz592913e2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700492 clocksource= Override the default clocksource
Randy Dunlap3d6ac982007-05-23 13:58:16 -0700493 Format: <string>
494 Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
495 with the name specified.
496 Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
497 the platform:
498 [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
499 [ACPI] acpi_pm
500 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
501 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
502 [AVR32] avr32
Alok Kataria9863c902010-08-23 14:49:11 -0700503 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
Randy Dunlap3d6ac982007-05-23 13:58:16 -0700504 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
505 [MIPS] MIPS
506 [PARISC] cr16
507 [S390] tod
508 [SH] SuperH
509 [SPARC64] tick
510 [X86-64] hpet,tsc
511
Andi Kleenac72e782008-01-30 13:33:21 +0100512 clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
513 Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
Randy Dunlap07983f02009-01-06 14:42:41 -0800514 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit
515 numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
Andi Kleenac72e782008-01-30 13:33:21 +0100516 stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
517 ones should be.
518 Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
519 or using the feature without checking anything
520 will still see it. This just prevents it from
521 being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
522 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
523 some critical bits.
524
Marek Szyprowskic64be2b2011-12-29 13:09:51 +0100525 cma=nn[MG] [ARM,KNL]
526 Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous
527 memory allocations. For more information, see
528 include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
529
Robert Jennings14f966e2009-04-15 05:55:32 +0000530 cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
531 Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
532 when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
533 to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
534 a hypervisor.
535 Default: yes
536
Marek Szyprowskic7909502011-12-29 13:09:51 +0100537 coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL]
538 Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
Marek Szyprowskie9da6e92012-07-30 09:11:33 +0200539 allocations, by default set to 256K.
Marek Szyprowskic7909502011-12-29 13:09:51 +0100540
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +0530541 code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
Arjan van de Vena25bd942008-01-30 13:33:08 +0100542 in an oops report.
Chuck Ebbert86c41832007-02-13 13:26:25 +0100543 Range: 0 - 8192
544 Default: 64
545
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700546 com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700547 Format:
548 <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700549
550 com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
551 Format: <io>[,<irq>]
552
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700553 com90xx= [HW,NET]
554 ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700555 Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
556
557 condev= [HW,S390] console device
558 conmode=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700559
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700560 console= [KNL] Output console device and options.
561
562 tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>.
563
564 ttyS<n>[,options]
Randy Dunlapf1a1c2d2006-03-25 03:08:17 -0800565 ttyUSB0[,options]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700566 Use the specified serial port. The options are of
Randy Dunlapf1a1c2d2006-03-25 03:08:17 -0800567 the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
568 "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
569 bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
570 omit it). Default is "9600n8".
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700571
Randy Dunlapf1a1c2d2006-03-25 03:08:17 -0800572 See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more
573 information. See
574 Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
575 alternative.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700576
Yinghai Lu18a8bd92007-07-15 23:37:59 -0700577 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
578 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700579 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
580 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
581 switching to the matching ttyS device later. The
582 options are the same as for ttyS, above.
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilka2fd6412013-02-25 15:54:09 -0500583 hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
584 both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700585
Samuel Thibaultf7511d52008-04-30 00:54:51 -0700586 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
587 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
588 console=brl,ttyS0
589 For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
590
Daniel Mackf324edc2009-06-16 15:33:52 -0700591 consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
592 seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0
593 disables the blank timer.
594
Hidehiro Kawai4cb0e112009-01-06 14:42:47 -0800595 coredump_filter=
596 [KNL] Change the default value for
597 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
598 See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
599
Len Brown62027ae2011-04-01 18:13:10 -0400600 cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE]
601 disable the cpuidle sub-system
602
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700603 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700604 Format:
605 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700606
Ahmed S. Darwish6f21e642011-02-20 20:08:35 -0800607 crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
608 [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
609 upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
610 memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
611 image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
612 is selected automatically. Check
613 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
Eric W. Biedermandc009d92005-06-25 14:57:52 -0700614
Bernhard Wallefb391592007-10-18 23:41:02 -0700615 crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
616 [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
617 in the running system. The syntax of range is
618 start-[end] where start and end are both
619 a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
Ahmed S. Darwish6f21e642011-02-20 20:08:35 -0800620 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
Bernhard Wallefb391592007-10-18 23:41:02 -0700621
Yinghai Luadbc7422013-04-15 22:23:48 -0700622 crashkernel=size[KMG],high
Yinghai Lu55a20ee2013-04-15 22:23:47 -0700623 [KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
624 to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
625 be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
626 Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
627 available.
628 It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
Yinghai Luadbc7422013-04-15 22:23:48 -0700629 crashkernel=size[KMG],low
630 [KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
631 is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
Yinghai Luc729de82013-04-15 22:23:45 -0700632 above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
633 that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
634 requires at least 64M+32K low memory. Kernel would
635 try to allocate 72M below 4G automatically.
636 This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
637 for second kernel instead.
638 0: to disable low allocation.
Yinghai Luadbc7422013-04-15 22:23:48 -0700639 It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
Yinghai Lu55a20ee2013-04-15 22:23:47 -0700640 or memory reserved is below 4G.
Yinghai Luc729de82013-04-15 22:23:45 -0700641
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700642 cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
643 Format: <dma>
644
645 cs89x0_media= [HW,NET]
646 Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700647
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700648 dasd= [HW,NET]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700649 See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
650
651 db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
652 (one device per port)
653 Format: <port#>,<type>
654 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
655
Thomas Renningera648ec02010-08-06 16:11:02 +0200656 ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
657 time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for
Jim Cromie29e36c92012-04-27 14:30:41 -0600658 details. Deprecated, see dyndbg.
Thomas Renningera648ec02010-08-06 16:11:02 +0200659
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700660 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
661
Ingo Molnarcae2ed92006-07-03 00:24:48 -0700662 debug_locks_verbose=
663 [KNL] verbose self-tests
664 Format=<0|1>
665 Print debugging info while doing the locking API
666 self-tests.
667 We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
668 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
669 only useful to kernel developers.
670
Thomas Gleixner3ac7fe52008-04-30 00:55:01 -0700671 debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging
672
Kyle McMartin3e8ebb52009-03-01 20:41:41 -0500673 no_debug_objects
674 [KNL] Disable object debugging
675
Stanislaw Gruszkac0a32fc2012-01-10 15:07:28 -0800676 debug_guardpage_minorder=
677 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
678 parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
679 be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
680 buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
681 of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
682 amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
683 possible value is MAX_ORDER/2. Setting this parameter
684 to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
685 memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
686 driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
687 random memory location. Note that there exists a class
688 of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
689 F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
690 memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
691 bypassed) which are not detectable by
692 CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
693 tracking down these problems.
694
Thomas Gleixnerd3af01f2008-07-15 15:04:56 +0200695 debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging
696
Robert P. J. Day2d27a962008-02-03 15:18:45 +0200697 decnet.addr= [HW,NET]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700698 Format: <area>[,<node>]
699 See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
700
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700701 default_hugepagesz=
702 [same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
703 HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
704 the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
705 default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
706 Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
707 if not specified.
Antonino A. Daplas55ff9782007-05-08 00:38:53 -0700708
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700709 dhash_entries= [KNL]
710 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700711
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700712 digi= [HW,SERIAL]
713 IO parameters + enable/disable command.
714
715 digiepca= [HW,SERIAL]
716 See drivers/char/README.epca and
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000717 Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700718
Brian Haleyb0f83b22010-02-04 13:36:50 -0800719 disable= [IPV6]
720 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
721
Nishanth Aravamudan4e8b0cf2011-02-10 09:10:47 +0000722 disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES]
723 Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
724 to workaround buggy firmware.
725
Brian Haleyb0f83b22010-02-04 13:36:50 -0800726 disable_ipv6= [IPV6]
727 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
728
Yinghai Lu95ffa242008-04-29 03:52:33 -0700729 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
Yinghai Lu95ffa242008-04-29 03:52:33 -0700730 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
731 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700732 entry later. This parameter disables that.
Yinghai Lu95ffa242008-04-29 03:52:33 -0700733
Yinghai Lu093af8d2008-01-30 13:33:32 +0100734 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
Jesse Barnes99fc8d42008-01-30 13:33:18 +0100735 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
736 memory out of your available memory pool based on
737 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior,
738 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
739
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +0530740 disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700741 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
742 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
743
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700744 dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
745 this option disables the debugging code at boot.
746
747 dma_debug_entries=<number>
748 This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
749 entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
750 required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
751 DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
752 architectural default is too low.
753
Joerg Roedel1745de52009-05-22 21:49:51 +0200754 dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
755 With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
756 filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
757 pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
758 The filter can be disabled or changed to another
759 driver later using sysfs.
760
Carsten Emdeda0df922012-03-18 22:37:33 +0100761 drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>
762 Broken monitors, graphic adapters and KVMs may
763 send no or incorrect EDID data sets. This parameter
764 allows to specify an EDID data set in the
765 /lib/firmware directory that is used instead.
766 Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
767 edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
768 edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
769 and no file with the same name exists. Details and
770 instructions how to build your own EDID data are
771 available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
772 data set will only be used for a particular connector,
773 if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
774 name.
775
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700776 dscc4.setup= [NET]
777
Jim Cromie29e36c92012-04-27 14:30:41 -0600778 dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
779 module.dyndbg[="val"]
780 Enable debug messages at boot time. See
781 Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details.
782
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700783 earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
784 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
785 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
Samium Gromoff1917ac72010-07-20 15:26:51 -0700786 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700787 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
788 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -0700789 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
790 (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700791 The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
792
Dave Hansen147ea092013-04-10 14:03:38 -0700793 earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700794 earlyprintk=vga
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk2482a922013-02-25 15:54:08 -0500795 earlyprintk=xen
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700796 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
Dave Hansen147ea092013-04-10 14:03:38 -0700797 earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
Jason Wesselea3acb12009-09-24 09:08:30 -0500798 earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
Jason Wessel9780bc42009-08-20 15:39:57 -0500799 earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700800
Dave Hansen147ea092013-04-10 14:03:38 -0700801 earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
802 the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
803 default because it has some cosmetic problems.
804
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700805 Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700806 takes over.
807
Yinghai Lu5c059172008-07-24 17:29:40 -0700808 Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700809
Dave Hansen147ea092013-04-10 14:03:38 -0700810 Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
811 name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
812 on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
813 replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
814 earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
815 You can find the port for a given device in
816 /proc/tty/driver/serial:
817 2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700818
819 Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
820 very good.
821
822 The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
823 console.
824
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk2482a922013-02-25 15:54:08 -0500825 The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
826
Jason Wessel97311912010-05-20 21:04:30 -0500827 ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
828 ekgdboc=kbd
829
Lucas De Marchi25985ed2011-03-30 22:57:33 -0300830 This is designed to be used in conjunction with
Jason Wessel97311912010-05-20 21:04:30 -0500831 the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
832
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700833 edd= [EDD]
Tim Gardner8c4dd602008-04-29 01:02:45 -0700834 Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700835
Richard Weinberger8c58bf32013-04-17 01:00:53 +0200836 efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
837 Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
838 your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
839 you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
840 fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
841
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700842 eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
843 See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
844
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700845 elanfreq= [X86-32]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700846 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
Pavel Machek71f77052008-07-04 09:59:43 -0700847 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700848
849 elevator= [IOSCHED]
Randy Dunlap17a9e7b2010-11-11 12:09:59 +0100850 Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
Paul Bolle395cf962011-08-15 02:02:26 +0200851 See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700852 Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
853
Michael Holzheud3bf37952011-10-30 15:16:37 +0100854 elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700855 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
Michael Holzheud3bf37952011-10-30 15:16:37 +0100856 image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
857 kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
Vivek Goyalaac04b32006-01-09 20:51:47 -0800858 See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700859
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700860 enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
861 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
862 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
863 entry later. This parameter enables that.
864
Randy Dunlapca1eda22009-05-06 16:02:58 -0700865 enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -0700866 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
867 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
868 (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
869 The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
870
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700871 enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
872 Format: {"0" | "1"}
873 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
874 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
875 1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
876 Default value is 0.
877 Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
878
Huang Yinga08f82d2010-05-18 14:35:21 +0800879 erst_disable [ACPI]
880 Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
881 support.
882
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700883 ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
884 This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
885 has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
886
Mimi Zohar7102ebc2011-05-12 18:33:20 -0400887 evm= [EVM]
888 Format: { "fix" }
889 Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
890 current integrity status.
891
Akinobu Mitade1ba092006-12-08 02:39:42 -0800892 failslab=
893 fail_page_alloc=
894 fail_make_request=[KNL]
895 General fault injection mechanism.
896 Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
Paul Bolle395cf962011-08-15 02:02:26 +0200897 See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
Akinobu Mitade1ba092006-12-08 02:39:42 -0800898
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700899 floppy= [HW]
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000900 See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700901
Alex Chiangf13ae302008-05-08 14:03:23 -0600902 force_pal_cache_flush
903 [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
904 buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
905 parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
906 ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
907
Peter Zijlstrad9e54072008-11-01 19:57:37 +0100908 ftrace=[tracer]
Steven Rostedt2af15d62009-05-28 13:37:24 -0400909 [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
Peter Zijlstrad9e54072008-11-01 19:57:37 +0100910 as early as possible in order to facilitate early
911 boot debugging.
912
Frederic Weisbeckercecbca92010-04-18 19:08:41 +0200913 ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
Steven Rostedt2af15d62009-05-28 13:37:24 -0400914 [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
Frederic Weisbeckercecbca92010-04-18 19:08:41 +0200915 If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
916 buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
917 dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
918 oops.
Steven Rostedt2af15d62009-05-28 13:37:24 -0400919
920 ftrace_filter=[function-list]
921 [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
922 tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
923 list of functions. This list can be changed at run
924 time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -0700925 tracing directory.
Steven Rostedt2af15d62009-05-28 13:37:24 -0400926
927 ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
928 [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
929 function-list. This list can be changed at run time
930 by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
931 tracing directory.
Peter Zijlstrad9e54072008-11-01 19:57:37 +0100932
Stefan Assmann369bc182009-10-12 22:17:21 +0200933 ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
934 [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
935 by the function graph tracer at boot up.
936 function-list is a comma separated list of functions
937 that can be changed at run time by the
938 set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
939
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700940 gamecon.map[2|3]=
941 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
942 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
943 Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
944 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
945
946 gamma= [HW,DRM]
947
Yinghai Luaaf23042008-01-30 13:33:09 +0100948 gart_fix_e820= [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
949 Format: off | on
950 default: on
951
Peter Oberparleiter2521f2c2009-06-17 16:28:08 -0700952 gcov_persist= [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
953 kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
954 debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
955 When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
956 debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
957
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700958 gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
959 invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT.
960
Andreas Larsson6cec9b02012-11-15 08:47:14 +0100961 grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
962 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
963 Format: 0 | 1
964 Default: 0
965 grcan.enable1= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
966 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
967 Format: 0 | 1
968 Default: 0
969 grcan.select= [HW] Select which physical interface to use.
970 Format: 0 | 1
971 Default: 0
972 grcan.txsize= [HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
973 Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
974 Default: 1024
975 grcan.rxsize= [HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
976 Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
977 Default: 1024
978
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700979 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
980 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -0700981 for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700982 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700983
984 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
985
986 hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
987 Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
988
Huang Yingea8c0712010-05-18 14:35:15 +0800989 hest_disable [ACPI]
990 Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
991 corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
992 logic will be disabled.
993
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700994 highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
995 size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
996 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
997 size on bigger boxes.
998
Thomas Gleixner54cdfdb2007-02-16 01:28:11 -0800999 highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1000 Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1001 Default: "on"
1002
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001003 hisax= [HW,ISDN]
1004 See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1005
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001006 hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
1007
1008 hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1009 Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1010 verbose }
1011 disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1012 force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1013 VIA, nVidia)
1014 verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1015
Andi Kleenb4718e62008-07-23 21:27:51 -07001016 hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1017 hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
Jon Tollefson0d9ea752008-07-23 21:27:56 -07001018 On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1019 multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1020 huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1021 x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1022 (when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag)
Andi Kleenb4718e62008-07-23 21:27:51 -07001023 Note that 1GB pages can only be allocated at boot time
1024 using hugepages= and not freed afterwards.
Paul Mundt6902aa82008-09-21 17:14:42 +09001025
Hendrik Brueckner555d61d2009-01-09 12:15:02 +01001026 hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1027 terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
Hendrik Brueckner431429f2009-03-26 15:23:55 +01001028 hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1029 If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1030 from listed z/VM user IDs only.
Hendrik Bruecknercef71252008-12-25 13:39:55 +01001031
James Hoganfdabf522012-10-09 11:00:27 +01001032 hwthread_map= [METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
1033 hardware thread id mappings.
1034 Format: <cpu>:<hwthread>
1035
Fabio M. Di Nitto7bf69392011-03-22 16:34:20 -07001036 keep_bootcon [KNL]
1037 Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1038 useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1039 between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1040 the real console.
1041
Jarkko Nikula3a853fb2009-03-23 18:07:47 -07001042 i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
Jarkko Nikula79547632009-03-23 18:07:48 -07001043 or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1044 registered from board initialization code.
Jarkko Nikula3a853fb2009-03-23 18:07:47 -07001045 Format:
1046 <bus_id>,<clkrate>
1047
Jiri Kosina36d95732008-10-06 02:51:09 -04001048 i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001049 i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
Matt LaPlante84eb8d02006-10-03 22:53:09 +02001050 i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1051 keyboard and cannot control its state
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001052 (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1053 i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
Dmitry Torokhov945ef0d2005-09-04 01:42:00 -05001054 i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
Jiri Kosina75d08c72008-03-13 16:13:59 -04001055 i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1056 for the AUX port
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001057 i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1058 controller
1059 i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1060 controllers
Masanari Iida24775d62012-02-15 00:26:42 +09001061 i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001062 i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup
1063 i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
Srihari Vijayaraghavanbdf5d032015-01-07 16:25:53 -08001064 i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001065
1066 i810= [HW,DRM]
1067
Dmitry Torokhove70c9d52005-06-25 14:54:25 -07001068 i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1069 indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1070 hardware.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001071 i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1072 does not match list of supported models.
1073 i8k.power_status
1074 [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1075 (disabled by default)
1076 i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1077 capability is set.
1078
Carsten Emde4dca20e2012-03-15 15:56:26 +01001079 i915.invert_brightness=
Carsten Emde7bd90902012-03-15 15:56:25 +01001080 [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1081 set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
Carsten Emde4dca20e2012-03-15 15:56:26 +01001082 brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1083 and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1084 to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1085 (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1086 is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1087 to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1088 value switches the backlight off.
1089 -1 -- never invert brightness
1090 0 -- machine default
1091 1 -- force brightness inversion
Carsten Emde7bd90902012-03-15 15:56:25 +01001092
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001093 icn= [HW,ISDN]
1094 Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1095
David Fries0af80c02009-02-25 20:28:21 +01001096 ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1097 Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz075affc2009-06-07 13:52:52 +02001098 .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1099 .cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
Randy Dunlap1c10e932008-03-07 21:53:50 +01001100 See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001101
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001102 ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1103 Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1104
Andi Kleenf039b752007-05-02 19:27:12 +02001105 idle= [X86]
Len Brown69fb3672013-02-10 01:38:39 -05001106 Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
Randy Dunlapada9cfd2008-12-19 10:57:32 -08001107 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1108 improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1109 will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1110 Not recommended.
Randy Dunlapada9cfd2008-12-19 10:57:32 -08001111 idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
Zhao Yakuic1e3b372008-06-24 17:58:53 +08001112 In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
Randy Dunlapada9cfd2008-12-19 10:57:32 -08001113 idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001114
Ingo Molnar792908222006-12-06 20:40:51 -08001115 ignore_loglevel [KNL]
1116 Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1117 kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
Yanmin Zhang0eca6b72011-10-31 17:11:25 -07001118 We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1119 could change it dynamically, usually by
1120 /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
Ingo Molnar792908222006-12-06 20:40:51 -08001121
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001122 ihash_entries= [KNL]
1123 Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1124
Mimi Zohar2fe5d6d2012-02-13 10:15:05 -05001125 ima_appraise= [IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1126 Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" }
1127 default: "enforce"
1128
Mimi Zohar07f6a792011-03-09 22:25:48 -05001129 ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1130 The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1131 owned by uid=0.
1132
Mimi Zohar3323eec92009-02-04 09:06:58 -05001133 ima_audit= [IMA]
1134 Format: { "0" | "1" }
1135 0 -- integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1136 1 -- enable informational integrity auditing messages.
1137
1138 ima_hash= [IMA]
Stephen Hemmingera9ed83a2009-09-17 14:14:45 -07001139 Format: { "sha1" | "md5" }
Mimi Zohar3323eec92009-02-04 09:06:58 -05001140 default: "sha1"
1141
Eric Paris5789ba32009-05-21 15:47:06 -04001142 ima_tcb [IMA]
1143 Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1144 Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all
1145 programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1146 opened for read by uid=0.
1147
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001148 init= [KNL]
1149 Format: <full_path>
1150 Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1151 process.
1152
1153 initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful
1154 for working out where the kernel is dying during
1155 startup.
1156
1157 initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1158
1159 inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1160 Format: <irq>
1161
Keshavamurthy, Anil Sba395922007-10-21 16:41:49 -07001162 intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
Kyle McMartin0cd5c3c2009-02-04 14:29:19 -08001163 on
1164 Enable intel iommu driver.
Keshavamurthy, Anil Sba395922007-10-21 16:41:49 -07001165 off
1166 Disable intel iommu driver.
1167 igfx_off [Default Off]
1168 By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1169 device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1170 bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1171 this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1172 DMA.
Keshavamurthy, Anil S7d3b03c2007-10-21 16:41:53 -07001173 forcedac [x86_64]
1174 With this option iommu will not optimize to look
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07001175 for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
Keshavamurthy, Anil S7d3b03c2007-10-21 16:41:53 -07001176 address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07001177 than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1178 for translation below 32-bit and if not available
Keshavamurthy, Anil S7d3b03c2007-10-21 16:41:53 -07001179 then look in the higher range.
mark gross5e0d2a62008-03-04 15:22:08 -08001180 strict [Default Off]
1181 With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1182 result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1183 to batching them for performance.
Youquan Song6dd9a7c2011-05-25 19:13:49 +01001184 sp_off [Default Off]
1185 By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1186 has the capability. With this option, super page will
1187 not be supported.
Masanari Iida2e92c7a2011-12-15 01:18:52 +09001188
1189 intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1190 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1191 1 to 6 specify maximum depth of C-state.
1192
Dirk Brandewie6be26492013-02-15 22:55:10 +01001193 intel_pstate= [X86]
1194 disable
1195 Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1196 scaling driver for the supported processors
1197
Chris Wrightd1423d52010-07-20 11:06:49 -07001198 intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
Chris Wrightd1423d52010-07-20 11:06:49 -07001199 on enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1200 off disable Interrupt Remapping
1201 nosid disable Source ID checking
Suresh Siddha41750d32011-08-23 17:05:18 -07001202 no_x2apic_optout
1203 BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
Chris Wrightd1423d52010-07-20 11:06:49 -07001204
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001205 iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1206 strict regions from userspace.
1207 relaxed
1208
1209 iommu= [x86]
1210 off
1211 force
1212 noforce
1213 biomerge
1214 panic
1215 nopanic
1216 merge
1217 nomerge
1218 forcesac
1219 soft
Alex Williamsonbcb71ab2011-10-21 15:56:24 -04001220 pt [x86, IA-64]
Alex Williamsonbcb71ab2011-10-21 15:56:24 -04001221
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001222
1223 io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1224 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1225 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1226
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301227 io_delay= [X86] I/O delay method
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +01001228 0x80
1229 Standard port 0x80 based delay
1230 0xed
1231 Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +01001232 udelay
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +01001233 Simple two microseconds delay
1234 none
1235 No delay
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +01001236
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001237 ip= [IP_PNP]
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -04001238 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001239
1240 ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -07001241 See comment before ip2_setup() in
1242 drivers/char/ip2/ip2base.c.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001243
Thomas Gleixner1dfb3652012-05-25 16:59:47 +02001244 irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1245 Format:
1246 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
1247 or
1248 <cpu number>-<cpu number>
1249 (must be a positive range in ascending order)
1250 or a mixture
1251 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
1252
Alan Cox200803d2005-06-28 20:45:18 -07001253 irqfixup [HW]
1254 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1255 for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1256 firmware running.
1257
1258 irqpoll [HW]
1259 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1260 for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1261 interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1262 firmware running.
1263
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001264 isapnp= [ISAPNP]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001265 Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001266
1267 isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler.
Derek Fults22f2e282006-12-06 20:37:11 -08001268 Format:
1269 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
1270 or
Li Zefanb225d442008-11-06 12:53:39 -08001271 <cpu number>-<cpu number>
1272 (must be a positive range in ascending order)
Derek Fults22f2e282006-12-06 20:37:11 -08001273 or a mixture
1274 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
Li Zefanb225d442008-11-06 12:53:39 -08001275
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001276 This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
1277 to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
Li Zefanb225d442008-11-06 12:53:39 -08001278 algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
1279 "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001280 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1281 "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1282
1283 This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001284 alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all
1285 tasks in the system -- can cause problems and
1286 suboptimal load balancer performance.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001287
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001288 iucv= [HW,NET]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001289
Joerg Roedel7d8bfa22013-04-09 21:27:19 +02001290 ivrs_ioapic [HW,X86_64]
1291 Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1292 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1293 example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1294 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1295 ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1296
1297 ivrs_hpet [HW,X86_64]
1298 Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1299 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1300 example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1301 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1302 ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1303
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001304 js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1305 See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
1306
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001307 keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
1308
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301309 kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
Mel Gormaned7ed362007-07-17 04:03:14 -07001310 specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
1311 for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is
1312 spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
1313 remaining memory in each node is used for Movable
1314 pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both
1315 kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will
1316 take priority and other nodes will have a larger number
1317 of kernelcore pages. The Movable zone is used for the
1318 allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved
1319 by the page migration subsystem. This means that
1320 HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone.
1321 Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still
1322 use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1323 zone if it does not.
1324
Jason Wessel4fe1da42010-05-20 21:04:31 -05001325 kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1326 Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1327 The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1328 port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is
1329 optional and is the number seconds in between
1330 each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1331 the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1332 gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When
1333 not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1334 the kernel debugger.
1335
Jason Wessel84c08fd2010-05-20 21:04:24 -05001336 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
Jason Wesselada64e42010-05-20 21:04:24 -05001337 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1338 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
Jason Wessel65b5ac12010-08-05 09:22:33 -05001339 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1340 keyboard only format: kbd
1341 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1342 Optional Kernel mode setting:
1343 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1344 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
Jason Wessel6cdf6e02008-04-17 20:05:38 +02001345
Jason Wessel84c08fd2010-05-20 21:04:24 -05001346 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1347 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1348
Florian Fainelli9bed90c62008-08-23 18:54:37 +02001349 kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1350 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1351 Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1352
Catalin Marinas04f70332009-06-11 13:22:39 +01001353 kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1354 Valid arguments: on, off
1355 Default: on
1356
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301357 kstack=N [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001358 in oops dumps.
1359
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +02001360 kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1361 Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1362
Xiao Guangronga182d872010-09-20 22:17:48 +08001363 kvm.mmu_audit= [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1364 KVM MMU at runtime.
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +02001365 Default is 0 (off)
1366
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +02001367 kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
Xiao Guangrong8475f942010-09-20 22:16:45 +08001368 Default is 1 (enabled)
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +02001369
1370 kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
1371 for all guests.
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07001372 Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +02001373
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +02001374 kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
1375 (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
1376 Default is 1 (enabled)
1377
1378 kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
1379 [KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
1380 Default is 0 (disabled)
1381
1382 kvm-intel.flexpriority=
1383 [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
1384 Default is 1 (enabled)
1385
Sasha Levine1a72ae2011-08-09 14:28:35 +03001386 kvm-intel.nested=
1387 [KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
1388 Default is 0 (disabled)
1389
Andre Przywarafef07aa2009-07-10 14:20:35 +02001390 kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
1391 [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
1392 (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
1393 Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
1394
1395 kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
1396 feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
1397 Default is 1 (enabled)
1398
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001399 l2cr= [PPC]
1400
Robert Brosea78bfbf2008-03-29 07:20:23 +11001401 l3cr= [PPC]
1402
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001403 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001404 disabled it.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001405
Suresh Siddha279f1462012-10-22 14:37:58 -07001406 lapic= [x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
1407 value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
1408 back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
1409
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301410 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
Randy Dunlapada9cfd2008-12-19 10:57:32 -08001411 in C2 power state.
Thomas Gleixnere585bef2007-03-23 16:08:01 +01001412
FD Camifcb71f62008-01-06 19:08:56 +01001413 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control
1414 libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
1415 libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
1416 libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07001417 libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only
FD Camifcb71f62008-01-06 19:08:56 +01001418 Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
1419 for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07001420
Michael Prokop20308872009-08-06 00:14:10 +02001421 libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
1422 libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default)
1423 libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk
FD Camifcb71f62008-01-06 19:08:56 +01001424
Dave Jones78e70c22007-09-27 11:50:13 -04001425 libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
1426 when set.
1427 Format: <int>
1428
Tejun Heo33267322008-02-13 09:15:09 +09001429 libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma
1430 separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
Roman Fietze4c44f302010-04-21 12:17:12 +02001431 PORT[.DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
Tejun Heo33267322008-02-13 09:15:09 +09001432 matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches
1433 the ATA ID string printed on console by libata. If
1434 the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
1435 values are used. If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
1436 configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
1437
1438 If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
1439 the port and all links and devices behind it. DEVICE
1440 number of 0 either selects the first device or the
1441 first fan-out link behind PMP device. It does not
1442 select the host link. DEVICE number of 15 selects the
1443 host link and device attached to it.
1444
1445 The VAL specifies the configuration to force. As long
1446 as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
1447 For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
1448 The following configurations can be forced.
1449
1450 * Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
1451 Any ID with matching PORT is used.
1452
1453 * SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
1454
1455 * Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
1456 udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
1457 allowed.
1458
1459 * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
1460
Tejun Heo05944bd2008-08-13 20:19:09 +09001461 * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
1462 and both resets.
1463
Dan Williamsca6d43b2012-06-21 23:41:41 -07001464 * rstonce: only attempt one reset during
1465 hot-unplug link recovery
1466
Tejun Heo43c9c592010-05-23 12:59:11 +02001467 * dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
1468
Vincent Pelletier3d097b12013-05-21 22:30:58 +02001469 * atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
1470
Robin H. Johnson1dc58ce2013-12-16 09:31:19 -08001471 * disable: Disable this device.
1472
Tejun Heo33267322008-02-13 09:15:09 +09001473 If there are multiple matching configurations changing
1474 the same attribute, the last one is used.
1475
Yinghai Lu95f72d12010-07-12 14:36:09 +10001476 memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
Randy Dunlap7c4be2532009-01-06 14:42:44 -08001477
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001478 load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00001479 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001480
Randy Dunlapa6b25b62006-01-14 13:21:19 -08001481 lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
1482 Format: <integer>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001483
Randy Dunlapa6b25b62006-01-14 13:21:19 -08001484 lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port.
1485 Format: <integer>
1486
1487 lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value.
1488 Format: <integer>
1489
1490 lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port.
1491 Format: <integer>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001492
1493 logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
1494 Format: <irq>
1495
1496 loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
1497 console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
1498 also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
1499 loglevels are defined as follows:
1500
1501 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable
1502 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately
1503 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions
1504 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions
1505 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions
1506 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition
1507 6 (KERN_INFO) informational
1508 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages
1509
Randy Dunlapc756d082011-02-20 20:08:35 -08001510 log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
1511 in bytes. n must be a power of two. The default
1512 size is set in the kernel config file.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001513
Randy Dunlapaccaa242007-10-16 01:29:37 -07001514 logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
1515 This may be used to provide more screen space for
1516 kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
1517 kernel boot problems.
1518
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001519 lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
1520 lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
1521 lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
1522 lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
1523 specified in addition to the ports) causes
1524 attached printers to be reset. Using
1525 lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
1526 to associate lp devices with, starting with
1527 lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
1528 that lp device, or a parport name such as
1529 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
1530 port specification list means that device IDs
1531 from each port should be examined, to see if
1532 an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
1533 so, the driver will manage that printer.
1534 See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
1535
1536 lpj=n [KNL]
1537 Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
1538 time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
1539 CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
1540 the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
1541 autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
1542 on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
1543 which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
1544 significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
1545 will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
1546 unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
1547 unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
1548 hardware.
1549
1550 ltpc= [NET]
1551 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
1552
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07001553 machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001554 (machvec) in a generic kernel.
1555 Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001556
Wu Zhangjin3209e702009-07-02 23:27:12 +08001557 machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
1558 yeeloong laptop.
1559 Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
1560
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001561 max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
1562 than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001563
1564 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
Len Brown61ec7562007-08-16 03:34:22 -04001565 should make use of. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
1566 kernel to using 'n' processors. n=0 is a special case,
1567 it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
1568 the IO APIC.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001569
Kay Sieversd134b002011-07-31 22:08:04 +02001570 max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
1571 (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
1572 number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
1573 of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
1574 devices can be requested on-demand with the
1575 /dev/loop-control interface.
Bob Picco2b2c3752005-06-29 18:00:00 -07001576
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001577 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001578
Uwe Hermann71cced62008-10-20 09:32:21 -07001579 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
Andi Kleen909dd322007-10-17 18:04:38 +02001580
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001581 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
1582 See Documentation/md.txt.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001583
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001584 mdacon= [MDA]
1585 Format: <first>,<last>
1586 Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001587
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001588 mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
1589 Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
1590 to see the whole system memory or for test.
Wen Congyangfbb97d82012-12-17 15:59:29 -08001591 [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
1592 with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
1593 Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
1594 belonging to unused RAM.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001595
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001596 mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001597 memory.
1598
Paul Mundt6902aa82008-09-21 17:14:42 +09001599 memchunk=nn[KMG]
1600 [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
1601 per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
1602
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301603 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001604 E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
1605 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
1606 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
1607 option description.
1608
1609 memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
1610 [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
1611 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
1612
1613 memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
1614 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
1615 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
1616
1617 memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
1618 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
1619 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
Pavel Machek13128482008-03-24 12:29:43 -07001620 Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
1621 memmap=64K$0x18690000
1622 or
1623 memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001624
Jeremy Fitzhardinge9f077872008-09-07 01:51:34 -07001625 memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
1626 Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
1627 memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
1628 Setting this option will scan the memory
1629 looking for corruption. Enabling this will
1630 both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
1631 from using the memory being corrupted.
1632 However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
1633 repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
1634 affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
1635 to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
1636
1637 memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
1638 By default it checks for corruption in the low
1639 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
1640 use. Use this parameter to scan for
1641 corruption in more or less memory.
1642
1643 memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
1644 By default it checks for corruption every 60
1645 seconds. Use this parameter to check at some
1646 other rate. 0 disables periodic checking.
1647
Yinghai Lucaadbdc2008-07-15 00:03:44 -07001648 memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest
Yinghai Luc64df702008-03-21 18:56:19 -07001649 Format: <integer>
Yinghai Luc64df702008-03-21 18:56:19 -07001650 default : 0 <disable>
Andreas Herrmann9e5f6cf2009-02-25 11:30:45 +01001651 Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
1652 performed. Each pass selects another test
1653 pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
1654 fills the memory with this pattern, validates
1655 memory contents and reserves bad memory
1656 regions that are detected.
Yinghai Luc64df702008-03-21 18:56:19 -07001657
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001658 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
1659 See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
1660
Andres Salomon8f368812007-10-12 23:04:06 +02001661 mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
1662 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
1663 platforms.
1664
Willy Tarreaue6c4dc62008-01-30 13:33:33 +01001665 mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
1666 the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
1667 version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
1668 problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
1669
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001670 mga= [HW,DRM]
1671
Randy Dunlap1c207f92008-11-19 15:36:16 -08001672 min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
1673 physical address is ignored.
1674
Michel Pollet39f45d72009-05-20 11:10:31 +01001675 mini2440= [ARM,HW,KNL]
1676 Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
1677 Default: "0tb"
1678 MINI2440 configuration specification:
1679 0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
1680 1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
1681 2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
1682 Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
1683 the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
1684 unconfigured.
1685 b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
1686 linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
1687 LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
1688 VGA shield.
1689 c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
1690 t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
1691 touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
1692 kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
1693 in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
1694 http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
1695
Mel Gorman6b74ab92008-07-23 21:26:49 -07001696 mminit_loglevel=
1697 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
1698 parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
1699 the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
1700 of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
1701 log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
1702 so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
1703
Rusty Russell106a4ee2012-09-26 10:09:40 +01001704 module.sig_enforce
1705 [KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
1706 modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
Paul Bolle2a039be2013-03-25 20:42:06 +01001707 Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
Rusty Russell106a4ee2012-09-26 10:09:40 +01001708 is always true, so this option does nothing.
1709
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001710 mousedev.tap_time=
1711 [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
1712 leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
1713 a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
1714 touchpads working in absolute mode only).
1715 Format: <msecs>
1716 mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
1717 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
1718 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
1719 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
1720
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301721 movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001722 is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
1723 amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
1724 If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
1725 then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
1726 value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
1727 is specified, the administrator must be careful
1728 that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
1729 is not too small.
1730
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001731 MTD_Partition= [MTD]
1732 Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
1733
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001734 MTD_Region= [MTD] Format:
1735 <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001736
1737 mtdparts= [MTD]
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -07001738 See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001739
Will Schmidt4e89a2d2010-09-28 15:33:12 +00001740 multitce=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
1741 firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
1742 at a time.
1743
Rohit Hagargundgi5988af22009-05-12 13:46:57 -07001744 onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
1745
1746 Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
1747
1748 boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
1749 The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
1750 lock - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
1751 Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
1752 1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
1753
Ben Dooks9db829f2008-07-03 11:24:29 +01001754 mtdset= [ARM]
1755 ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
1756
1757 See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
1758
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001759 mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001760 [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
1761 ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001762
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001763 mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
Matt LaPlante19f59462009-04-27 15:06:31 +02001764 used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001765 that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
1766
1767 mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
1768 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
1769 Default is 1.
1770 Large value could prevent small alignment from
1771 using up MTRRs.
1772
1773 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
1774 Format: <integer>
1775 Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
1776 Default : 1
1777 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
1778 Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
1779
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001780 n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
1781
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001782 netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters
1783 Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
1784 Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
1785 something different and driver-specific.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001786 This usage is only documented in each driver source
1787 file if at all.
1788
Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki58401572008-07-21 10:01:34 -07001789 nf_conntrack.acct=
1790 [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
1791 0 to disable accounting
1792 1 to enable accounting
Tim Gardnerd70a0112010-06-25 14:46:56 +02001793 Default value is 0.
Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki58401572008-07-21 10:01:34 -07001794
Chuck Lever306a0752010-09-17 10:54:37 -04001795 nfsaddrs= [NFS] Deprecated. Use ip= instead.
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -04001796 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001797
1798 nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
J. Bruce Fieldsdc7a0812009-10-27 14:41:35 -04001799 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001800
Chuck Lever306a0752010-09-17 10:54:37 -04001801 nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
1802 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1803
Trond Myklebusta72b4422006-01-03 09:55:41 +01001804 nfs.callback_tcpport=
1805 [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
1806 channel should listen.
1807
Trond Myklebuste571cbf2009-08-19 18:12:27 -04001808 nfs.cache_getent=
1809 [NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
1810 to update the NFS client cache entries.
1811
1812 nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
1813 [NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
1814 update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
1815
Trond Myklebust58df0952006-01-03 09:55:57 +01001816 nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
1817 [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
1818 entries.
1819
Trond Myklebustf43bf0b2007-10-09 12:01:04 -04001820 nfs.enable_ino64=
1821 [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
1822 If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
1823 number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
1824 of returning the full 64-bit number.
1825 The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
1826
Trond Myklebustef159e92012-02-06 19:50:40 -05001827 nfs.max_session_slots=
1828 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
1829 the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
1830 This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
1831 that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
1832 Note that there is little point in setting this
1833 value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
1834
Trond Myklebustb064eca22011-02-22 15:44:32 -08001835 nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
Trond Myklebust074b1d12012-01-09 13:46:26 -05001836 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
1837 ensures that both the RPC level authentication
1838 scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
1839 numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
1840 'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
1841 disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
1842 legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
1843 Servers that do not support this mode of operation
1844 will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
1845 back to using the idmapper.
1846 To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
Chuck Lever6f2ea7f2012-09-14 17:24:41 -04001847 nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
1848 [NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
1849 ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
1850 their nfs_client_id4 string. This is typically a
1851 UUID that is generated at system install time.
Trond Myklebustb064eca22011-02-22 15:44:32 -08001852
Weston Andros Adamsondb8ac8b2012-02-17 15:20:24 -05001853 nfs.send_implementation_id =
1854 [NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
1855 information in exchange_id requests.
1856 If zero, no implementation identification information
1857 will be sent.
1858 The default is to send the implementation identification
1859 information.
1860
J. Bruce Fieldse9541ce2012-03-22 16:07:18 -04001861 nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
1862 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
1863 server will return only numeric uids and gids to
1864 clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
1865 and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease
1866 migration from NFSv2/v3.
Weston Andros Adamsondb8ac8b2012-02-17 15:20:24 -05001867
Sachin Bhamare18d98f62012-03-19 20:47:58 -07001868 objlayoutdriver.osd_login_prog=
1869 [NFS] [OBJLAYOUT] sets the pathname to the program which
1870 is used to automatically discover and login into new
1871 osd-targets. Please see:
1872 Documentation/filesystems/pnfs.txt for more explanations
1873
Paul Mundt1e1030d2009-09-01 17:38:32 +09001874 nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
Haavard Skinnemoene7ba1762007-10-10 14:58:29 +02001875 when a NMI is triggered.
1876 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
1877
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301878 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
Don Zickusfef2c9b2011-03-22 16:34:16 -07001879 Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
Don Zickus5dc30552010-11-29 17:07:17 -05001880 Valid num: 0
Cyrill Gorcunov5b9a0e12008-11-01 18:06:51 +03001881 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001882 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
Don Zickusfef2c9b2011-03-22 16:34:16 -07001883 timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
1884 default).
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001885 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
1886 need the box quickly up again.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001887
Anton Vorontsovbff38772009-07-08 11:10:56 -07001888 netpoll.carrier_timeout=
1889 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
1890 netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
1891 waits 4 seconds.
1892
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001893 no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001894 emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
1895 is present.
1896
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001897 no_console_suspend
1898 [HW] Never suspend the console
1899 Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
1900 hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging
1901 messages can reach various consoles while the rest
1902 of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
1903 debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may
1904 not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
1905 to work with serial and VGA consoles.
Yanmin Zhang134620f2011-10-31 17:11:27 -07001906 To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
1907 console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
1908 it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
1909 /sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
1910 turn on/off it dynamically.
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001911
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001912 noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
1913 caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory,
1914 but will impact performance.
Paul Menage3395ee02006-12-06 20:32:16 -08001915
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001916 noalign [KNL,ARM]
1917
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001918 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
1919 IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
1920
Mike Galbraith5091faa2010-11-30 14:18:03 +01001921 noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
1922
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001923 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
1924 on "Classic" PPC cores.
1925
1926 nocache [ARM]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001927
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07001928 noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
1929
Shailabh Nagar163ecdf2006-07-30 03:03:11 -07001930 nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
1931
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001932 nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
1933
Paul Mundt6902aa82008-09-21 17:14:42 +09001934 nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
1935
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301936 noefi [X86] Disable EFI runtime services support.
Huang, Ying8b2cb7a2008-01-30 13:32:11 +01001937
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001938 noexec [IA-64]
1939
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05301940 noexec [X86]
Jiri Slabyf5a1b192008-04-12 10:28:25 +02001941 On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001942 noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
Jiri Slabyf5a1b192008-04-12 10:28:25 +02001943 noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
1944
H. Peter Anvin52b61792012-09-21 12:43:13 -07001945 nosmap [X86]
1946 Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
1947 even if it is supported by processor.
1948
Fenghua Yude5397a2011-05-11 16:51:05 -07001949 nosmep [X86]
H. Peter Anvin52b61792012-09-21 12:43:13 -07001950 Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
Fenghua Yude5397a2011-05-11 16:51:05 -07001951 even if it is supported by processor.
1952
Jiri Slabyf5a1b192008-04-12 10:28:25 +02001953 noexec32 [X86-64]
1954 This affects only 32-bit executables.
1955 noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
1956 read doesn't imply executable mappings
1957 noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
1958 read implies executable mappings
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001959
Paul Mundt6902aa82008-09-21 17:14:42 +09001960 nofpu [SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
1961
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001962 nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
Chuck Ebbert4f886512006-03-23 02:59:34 -08001963 register save and restore. The kernel will only save
1964 legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001965
Suresh Siddha0c752a92009-05-22 12:17:45 -07001966 noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
1967 and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
1968 enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
1969
Suresh Siddha5d2bd702012-09-06 14:58:52 -07001970 eagerfpu= [X86]
Suresh Siddhae0022982012-09-10 10:32:32 -07001971 on enable eager fpu restore
Suresh Siddha5d2bd702012-09-06 14:58:52 -07001972 off disable eager fpu restore
Suresh Siddhae0022982012-09-10 10:32:32 -07001973 auto selects the default scheme, which automatically
1974 enables eagerfpu restore for xsaveopt.
Suresh Siddha5d2bd702012-09-06 14:58:52 -07001975
Paulius Zaleckas01a24d22009-03-31 13:55:44 +01001976 nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
1977 wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
1978 use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001979
Serge E. Hallyn1f29fae2008-11-05 16:08:52 -06001980 no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The
1981 only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
1982 is to be setuid root or executed by root.
1983
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001984 nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
1985 function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
1986 power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
1987 interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
1988 in certain environments such as networked servers or
1989 real-time systems.
1990
Thomas Gleixner79bf2bb2007-02-16 01:28:03 -08001991 nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
1992 Valid arguments: on, off
1993 Default: on
1994
Frederic Weisbeckerc5bfece2013-04-12 16:45:34 +02001995 nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT]
1996 In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
Frederic Weisbeckera8318812012-12-18 17:32:19 +01001997 the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
Frederic Weisbecker0453b432013-03-27 02:18:34 +01001998 whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
1999 the range to maintain the timekeeping.
Frederic Weisbeckerd1e43fa2013-03-26 23:47:24 +01002000 The CPUs in this range must also be included in the
2001 rcu_nocbs= set.
Frederic Weisbeckera8318812012-12-18 17:32:19 +01002002
Paul Mundteeee7852009-04-02 12:31:16 +09002003 noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2004
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002005 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002006 disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2007
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05302008 no_timer_check [X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
Zachary Amsden8542b202006-12-07 02:14:09 +01002009 broken timer IRQ sources.
2010
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002011 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2012
2013 noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2014 initial RAM disk.
2015
Weidong Han03ea8152009-04-17 16:42:15 +08002016 nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2017 remapping.
Chris Wrightd1423d52010-07-20 11:06:49 -07002018 [Deprecated - use intremap=off]
Weidong Han03ea8152009-04-17 16:42:15 +08002019
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002020 nointroute [IA-64]
2021
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07002022 nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
Tony Luck0aa366f2007-07-20 11:22:30 -07002023
Jiri Kosina9cf4c4f2010-08-16 17:51:20 +02002024 no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2025
Gleb Natapovfd10cde2010-10-14 11:22:51 +02002026 no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2027 fault handling.
2028
Glauber Costad910f5c2011-07-11 15:28:19 -04002029 no-steal-acc [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2030 steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2031 behaviour
2032
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002033 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002034
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002035 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
Thomas Gleixnerad62ca22007-03-22 00:11:21 -08002036
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002037 noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2038 lowmem mapping on PPC40x.
2039
Horms312f1f02006-02-22 09:57:55 +09002040 nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2041
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002042 nomce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
Hormsabe37e52006-04-01 01:36:09 +02002043
Andres Salomon83d73842007-10-12 23:04:06 +02002044 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2045 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2046
Don Zickusbda62632011-10-13 15:14:27 -04002047 nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2048 shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2049 irq.
2050
Dave Young02608be2012-02-01 10:33:14 +08002051 nomodule Disable module load
2052
Jiri Kosina016ddd92010-01-18 17:05:40 +01002053 nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2054 pagetables) support.
2055
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07002056 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
2057 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2058
Jiri Kosinabbff2162010-08-11 18:34:09 +02002059 noreplace-paravirt [X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
Jeremy Fitzhardinge959b4fd2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02002060
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002061 noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
Jeremy Fitzhardingeb7fb4af2007-05-02 19:27:13 +02002062 with UP alternatives
2063
H. Peter Anvin49d859d2011-07-31 14:02:19 -07002064 nordrand [X86] Disable the direct use of the RDRAND
2065 instruction even if it is supported by the
2066 processor. RDRAND is still available to user
2067 space applications.
2068
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002069 noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2070 space.
2071
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002072 no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback.
2073 This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2074 reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2075
2076 nosbagart [IA-64]
2077
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002078 nosep [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
Chuck Ebbert4f886512006-03-23 02:59:34 -08002079
Len Brown61ec7562007-08-16 03:34:22 -04002080 nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2081 and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0".
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002082
Dave Jones97842212007-07-15 23:41:05 -07002083 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2084
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002085 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2086
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002087 notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002088
2089 nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
2090
Ben Hutchings55142372011-01-02 23:02:42 +00002091 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector (NMI watchdog).
Don Zickus58687ac2010-05-07 17:11:44 -04002092
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002093 nowb [ARM]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002094
Weidong Han2b2fd872009-04-17 16:42:12 +08002095 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
2096
Fenghua Yuf78cff42012-11-13 11:32:38 -08002097 cpu0_hotplug [X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
2098 CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
2099 Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
2100 1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
2101 Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
2102 need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
2103 2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
2104 removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
2105 It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
2106 machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
2107 after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
2108 If the dependencies are under your control, you can
2109 turn on cpu0_hotplug.
2110
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07002111 nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
Fenghua Yua6c75b862008-03-14 13:57:08 -07002112 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
2113 SAL PALO.
2114
Yinghai Lu2b633e32010-02-10 01:20:37 -08002115 nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
2116 could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
2117 supporting 'n' processors. Later in runtime you can not
2118 use hotplug cpu feature to put more cpu back to online.
2119 just like you compile the kernel NR_CPUS=n
2120
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07002121 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
2122
Mel Gorman1a687c22012-11-22 11:16:36 +00002123 numa_balancing= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
2124 Allowed values are enable and disable
2125
KAMEZAWA Hiroyukif0c0b2b2007-07-15 23:38:01 -07002126 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
2127 one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified
2128 This can be set from sysctl after boot.
2129 See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
2130
Randy Dunlap7c4be2532009-01-06 14:42:44 -08002131 ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
2132 See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
2133 info.
2134
Andres Salomon3ef0e1f2008-04-29 00:59:53 -07002135 olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
2136 Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
2137 command is not properly ACKed, override the length
2138 of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while
2139 waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
2140 interrupts *may* be lost!
2141
Tony Lindgren15ac7af2009-12-11 16:16:32 -08002142 omap_mux= [OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
2143 Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
2144 For example, to override I2C bus2:
2145 omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
2146
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002147 oprofile.timer= [HW]
2148 Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
2149
Robert Richter7e4e0bd2009-05-06 12:10:23 +02002150 oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type
2151 This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
2152 userland or if you want common events.
Robert Richter8d7ff4f2009-06-23 11:48:14 +02002153 Format: { arch_perfmon }
2154 arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
Robert Richter7e4e0bd2009-05-06 12:10:23 +02002155 perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
2156 CPU specific event set.
Robert Richter159a80b2011-10-11 19:39:16 +02002157 timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
2158 timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
2159 for generic hr timer mode)
Andreas Krebbeldd3c4672011-11-25 20:03:05 +01002160 [s390] Force legacy basic mode sampling
2161 (report cpu_type "timer")
Andi Kleen1dcdb5a2009-04-27 17:44:11 +02002162
Randy Dunlap44a4dcf2011-04-04 15:02:24 -07002163 oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
2164 process, but there is a small probability of
2165 deadlocking the machine.
Olaf Heringd404ab02011-03-22 16:34:04 -07002166 This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
2167 Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
2168
Randy Dunlapbcfde332010-06-07 17:10:38 -07002169 OSS [HW,OSS]
2170 See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
2171
Randy Dunlap44a4dcf2011-04-04 15:02:24 -07002172 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
Hugh Dickins4302fbc2011-07-26 16:08:52 -07002173 timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
2174 timeout = 0: wait forever
2175 timeout < 0: reboot immediately
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002176 Format: <timeout>
2177
2178 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
2179 connected to, default is 0.
2180 Format: <parport#>
2181 parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
2182 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002183 Format: <mode>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002184
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002185 parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
2186 Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
2187 Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
2188 IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
2189 ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
2190 possible conflicts). You can specify the base
2191 address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
2192 should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
2193 settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
2194 (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
2195 Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
2196 are specified on the command line, starting
2197 with parport0.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002198
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002199 parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT]
2200 Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
2201 a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
2202 computer where firmware has no options for setting
2203 up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
2204 Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002205 Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
2206
Andrew Mortondd287792006-03-23 03:00:57 -08002207 pause_on_oops=
2208 Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
2209 the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if
2210 your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
2211
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002212 pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
2213
2214 pcd. [PARIDE]
2215 See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002216 See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002217
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002218 pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
Bjorn Helgaas1cc0ca22009-01-14 10:04:36 -07002219 earlydump [X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
2220 changes anything
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002221 off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002222 bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002223 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
2224 has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002225 nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002226 hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
2227 if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
2228 suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002229 conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002230 Mechanism 1.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002231 conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002232 Mechanism 2.
Randy Dunlap7f785762007-10-05 13:17:58 -07002233 noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
2234 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2235 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
Jeff Garzik32a2eea72007-10-11 16:57:27 -04002236 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
2237 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05302238 nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
Bjorn Helgaas61be6d62006-02-15 15:17:43 -08002239 Configuration
Andreas Herrmann12983072009-06-07 16:15:16 +02002240 check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
2241 properly configured MMIO access to PCI
2242 config space on AMD family 10h CPU
Matthew Wilcox309e57d2006-03-05 22:33:34 -07002243 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
2244 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2245 disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
Stefan Assmanna9322f62008-06-11 16:35:14 +02002246 noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
2247 Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
2248 should never be necessary.
Stefan Assmann91979792008-06-11 16:35:15 +02002249 ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
2250 primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
2251 boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
2252 when the system masks IRQs.
Stefan Assmann41b9eb22008-07-15 13:48:55 +02002253 noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
2254 boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
2255 a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
2256 The opposite of ioapicreroute.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002257 biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002258 routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
2259 on several machines and they hang the machine
2260 when used, but on other computers it's the only
2261 way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
2262 this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
2263 IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
2264 motherboard.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002265 rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002266 Use with caution as certain devices share
2267 address decoders between ROMs and other
2268 resources.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002269 norom [X86] Do not assign address space to
Gary Hadebb71ad82008-05-12 13:57:46 -07002270 expansion ROMs that do not already have
2271 BIOS assigned address ranges.
Mike Habeck7bd1c362010-05-12 11:14:32 -07002272 nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the
2273 BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002274 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002275 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
2276 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
2277 this way.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002278 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002279 of the PIRQ table (normally generated
2280 by the BIOS) if it is outside the
2281 F0000h-100000h range.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002282 lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002283 useful if the kernel is unable to find your
2284 secondary buses and you want to tell it
2285 explicitly which ones they are.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002286 assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002287 numbers ourselves, overriding
2288 whatever the firmware may have done.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002289 usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002290 in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
2291 some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
2292 some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
2293 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
2294 IRQ routing is enabled.
Andi Kleenc0115602008-08-22 09:53:39 +02002295 noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002296 or for PCI scanning.
Bjorn Helgaas7bc5e3f2010-02-23 10:24:41 -07002297 use_crs [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
2298 from ACPI. On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
2299 is enabled by default. If you need to use this,
2300 please report a bug.
2301 nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
2302 If you need to use this, please report a bug.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002303 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
2304 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
2305 so this option is a temporary workaround
2306 for broken drivers that don't call it.
Yinghai Lu13a6ddb2008-03-27 01:31:18 -07002307 skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can
2308 handle more pci cards
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002309 firmware [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead
2310 just use the configuration from the
2311 bootloader. This is currently used on
2312 IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
2313 configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
Andi Kleen0637a702006-09-26 10:52:41 +02002314 noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
2315 This might help on some broken boards which
2316 machine check when some devices' config space
2317 is read. But various workarounds are disabled
2318 and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
Matt Domsch6b4b78f2006-09-29 15:23:23 -05002319 bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
2320 This sorting is done to get a device
2321 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
2322 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
Yijing Wangfa238712013-01-30 09:40:52 +08002323 pcie_bus_tune_off Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
2324 tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
2325 pcie_bus_safe Set every device's MPS to the largest value
2326 supported by all devices below the root complex.
2327 pcie_bus_perf Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
2328 based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
2329 Read Request Size) to the largest supported
2330 value (no larger than the MPS that the device
2331 or bus can support) for best performance.
2332 pcie_bus_peer2peer Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
2333 every device is guaranteed to support. This
2334 configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
2335 any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
2336 reduced performance. This also guarantees
2337 that hot-added devices will work.
Atsushi Nemoto4516a612007-02-05 16:36:06 -08002338 cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
2339 reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
2340 The default value is 256 bytes.
2341 cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
2342 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
2343 window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
Yuji Shimada32a9a6822009-03-16 17:13:39 +09002344 resource_alignment=
2345 Format:
2346 [<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
2347 Specifies alignment and device to reassign
2348 aligned memory resources.
2349 If <order of align> is not specified,
2350 PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
2351 PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
2352 windows need to be expanded.
Andrew Patterson43c16402009-04-22 16:52:09 -06002353 ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
2354 end-to-end CRC checking).
2355 bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
2356 the default.
2357 off: Turn ECRC off
2358 on: Turn ECRC on.
Yijing Wang8c8803c2013-01-23 20:29:06 +08002359 hpiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
2360 reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
2361 Default size is 256 bytes.
2362 hpmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
2363 reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
2364 Default size is 2 megabytes.
Yinghai Lub55438f2012-02-23 19:23:30 -08002365 realloc= Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
2366 if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
2367 accommodate resources required by all child
2368 devices.
2369 off: Turn realloc off
2370 on: Turn realloc on
2371 realloc same as realloc=on
Rafael J. Wysocki6748dcc2012-03-01 00:06:33 +01002372 noari do not use PCIe ARI.
Bjorn Helgaas284f5f92012-04-30 15:21:02 -06002373 pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we
2374 only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
2375 port.
Matt Domsch6b4b78f2006-09-29 15:23:23 -05002376
Chuck Ebberte5665a42008-09-24 20:40:34 -04002377 pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
2378 Management.
2379 off Disable ASPM.
2380 force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
2381 WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
2382
MUNEDA Takahiro7570a332012-02-02 11:09:22 -05002383 pcie_hp= [PCIE] PCI Express Hotplug driver options:
2384 nomsi Do not use MSI for PCI Express Native Hotplug (this
2385 makes all PCIe ports use INTx for hotplug services).
2386
Rafael J. Wysocki79dd9182010-08-21 01:51:44 +02002387 pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe ports handling:
Rafael J. Wysocki28eb5f22010-08-21 22:02:38 +02002388 auto Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services
2389 associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER). Use
2390 them only if that is allowed by the BIOS.
2391 native Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports
2392 unconditionally.
Rafael J. Wysocki79dd9182010-08-21 01:51:44 +02002393 compat Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe
2394 ports driver.
2395
Rafael J. Wysockic7f48652010-02-17 23:39:08 +01002396 pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
Rafael J. Wysockic39fae12010-02-17 23:40:07 +01002397 nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
Rafael J. Wysocki28eb5f22010-08-21 22:02:38 +02002398 all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
Rafael J. Wysockic7f48652010-02-17 23:39:08 +01002399
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002400 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
2401
2402 pd. [PARIDE]
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002403 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002404
2405 pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
2406 boot time.
2407 Format: { 0 | 1 }
2408 See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
2409
Tejun Heof58dc012009-08-14 15:00:50 +09002410 percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
Tejun Heoe933a732009-08-14 15:00:53 +09002411 Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
2412 Archs may support subset or none of the selections.
2413 See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
2414 allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging
2415 and performance comparison.
Tejun Heofa8a7092009-06-22 11:56:24 +09002416
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002417 pf. [PARIDE]
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002418 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002419
2420 pg. [PARIDE]
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002421 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002422
2423 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
Uwe Hermann71cced62008-10-20 09:32:21 -07002424 See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002425
2426 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
2427 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
2428 See also Documentation/parport.txt.
2429
Randy Dunlap16290242011-08-13 12:34:52 -07002430 pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
Thomas Gleixnerde32a242008-07-12 05:33:30 +02002431 Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
2432 e.g. pmtmr=0x508
2433
Bjorn Helgaas96242112011-08-11 12:14:05 -06002434 pnp.debug=1 [PNP]
2435 Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
2436 CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option). Change at run-time
2437 via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug. We always show
2438 current resource usage; turning this on also shows
2439 possible settings and some assignment information.
Bjorn Helgaas97ef0622008-08-19 16:53:41 -06002440
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002441 pnpacpi= [ACPI]
2442 { off }
2443
2444 pnpbios= [ISAPNP]
2445 { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
2446
2447 pnp_reserve_irq=
2448 [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
2449
2450 pnp_reserve_dma=
2451 [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
2452
2453 pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002454 Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002455
2456 pnp_reserve_mem=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002457 [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
2458 autoconfiguration.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002459 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
2460
Randy Dunlap4af94f32009-04-17 18:30:28 -07002461 ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
2462 Default is 21.
2463 Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
2464 may be specified.
2465 Format: <port>,<port>....
2466
Ingo Molnar45807a12007-07-15 23:40:10 -07002467 print-fatal-signals=
2468 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
Naohiro Ooiwaf84d49b2009-11-09 00:46:42 +09002469
2470 If enabled, warn about various signal handling
2471 related application anomalies: too many signals,
2472 too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
2473 coredump - etc.
2474
2475 If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
2476 you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
2477
Ingo Molnar45807a12007-07-15 23:40:10 -07002478 default: off.
2479
Matthew Garrettc22ab332012-03-05 14:59:10 -08002480 printk.always_kmsg_dump=
2481 Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
2482 panics
2483 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
2484 default: disabled
2485
Randy Dunlape84845c2007-07-15 23:40:25 -07002486 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
2487 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
2488
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07002489 processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI]
2490 Limit processor to maximum C-state
2491 max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
2492
2493 processor.nocst [HW,ACPI]
2494 Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
2495 instead using the legacy FADT method
2496
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002497 profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002498 Format: [schedule,]<number>
2499 Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
2500 Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
2501 statistical time based profiling.
Mel Gormanb3da2a72007-10-24 18:23:50 +02002502 Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
2503 Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
Dave Jonesc0fe2e62007-10-20 03:08:22 +02002504 Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002505
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002506 prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
2507 before loading.
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002508 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002509
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002510 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
2511 probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002512 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
2513 per second.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002514 psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE]
2515 Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002516 (0 = never).
2517 psmouse.resolution=
2518 [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
2519 psmouse.smartscroll=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002520 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002521 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
2522
Matthew Garrettdee28e72011-07-21 16:57:55 -04002523 pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
2524
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002525 pt. [PARIDE]
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002526 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002527
Kay Sieversdc8c8582007-08-15 12:25:38 +02002528 pty.legacy_count=
2529 [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
2530 default number.
2531
Randy Dunlap7d2c5022006-09-29 02:01:02 -07002532 quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002533
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002534 r128= [HW,DRM]
2535
2536 raid= [HW,RAID]
2537 See Documentation/md.txt.
2538
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002539 ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM]
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002540 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002541
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002542 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002543 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002544
Paul E. McKenney3fbfbf72012-08-19 21:35:53 -07002545 rcu_nocbs= [KNL,BOOT]
2546 In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
2547 the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
2548 Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will
Paul E. McKenneya4889852012-12-03 08:16:28 -08002549 be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for
2550 that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p"
2551 for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
2552 is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the
Paul E. McKenney3fbfbf72012-08-19 21:35:53 -07002553 offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
Paul E. McKenneya4889852012-12-03 08:16:28 -08002554
Paul E. McKenney3fbfbf72012-08-19 21:35:53 -07002555 real-time workloads. It can also improve energy
2556 efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
2557
Paul Gortmaker1b0048a2012-12-20 13:19:22 -08002558 rcu_nocb_poll [KNL,BOOT]
Paul E. McKenney3fbfbf72012-08-19 21:35:53 -07002559 Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
2560 (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
2561 awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
2562 make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
2563 This improves the real-time response for the
2564 offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
2565 wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
2566 energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
2567 periodically wake up to do the polling.
2568
Paul E. McKenneydabb8aa2012-04-23 10:54:45 -07002569 rcutree.blimit= [KNL,BOOT]
Robert P. J. Day24aaef82008-02-03 15:20:26 +02002570 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
2571 in one batch.
Dipankar Sarma21a1ea92006-03-07 21:55:33 -08002572
Paul E. McKenneyf885b7f2012-04-23 15:52:53 -07002573 rcutree.fanout_leaf= [KNL,BOOT]
2574 Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each
2575 leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very large
2576 systems.
2577
Paul E. McKenneyc0f4dfd2012-12-28 11:30:36 -08002578 rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL,BOOT]
2579 Set delay from grace-period initialization to
2580 first attempt to force quiescent states.
2581 Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
2582 and maximum value is HZ.
2583
2584 rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL,BOOT]
2585 Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
2586 quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum
2587 value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
2588
Paul E. McKenneydabb8aa2012-04-23 10:54:45 -07002589 rcutree.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT]
Robert P. J. Day24aaef82008-02-03 15:20:26 +02002590 Set threshold of queued
Dipankar Sarma21a1ea92006-03-07 21:55:33 -08002591 RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
2592
Paul E. McKenneydabb8aa2012-04-23 10:54:45 -07002593 rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT]
Robert P. J. Day24aaef82008-02-03 15:20:26 +02002594 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
2595 batch limiting is re-enabled.
Dipankar Sarma21a1ea92006-03-07 21:55:33 -08002596
Paul E. McKenneydabb8aa2012-04-23 10:54:45 -07002597 rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL,BOOT]
2598 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
2599
2600 rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL,BOOT]
2601 Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
2602
Paul E. McKenneyc0f4dfd2012-12-28 11:30:36 -08002603 rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL,BOOT]
2604 Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
2605 RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
Paul E. McKenneyd40011f2012-06-26 20:45:57 -07002606
Paul E. McKenneyc0f4dfd2012-12-28 11:30:36 -08002607 rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL,BOOT]
2608 Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
2609 only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
2610 Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
2611 prove do nothing more than free memory.
Paul E. McKenneyd40011f2012-06-26 20:45:57 -07002612
Paul E. McKenneydabb8aa2012-04-23 10:54:45 -07002613 rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL,BOOT]
2614 Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts.
2615
2616 rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
2617 Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts.
2618
2619 rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL,BOOT]
2620 Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts.
2621
2622 rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL,BOOT]
2623 Test RCU readers from irq handlers.
2624
2625 rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL,BOOT]
2626 Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
2627
2628 rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL,BOOT]
2629 Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just
2630 stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
2631 test, hence the "fake".
2632
2633 rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL,BOOT]
2634 Set number of RCU readers.
2635
2636 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
2637 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2638
2639 rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2640 Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2641 zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2642
2643 rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2644 Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks
2645 allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
2646 during the rcutorture test.
2647
2648 rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL,BOOT]
2649 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
2650 is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2651
2652 rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL,BOOT]
2653 Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
2654 warnings, zero to disable.
2655
2656 rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
2657 Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
2658
2659 rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2660 Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2661
2662 rcutorture.stutter= [KNL,BOOT]
2663 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
2664 five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
2665 wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's
2666 ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
2667
2668 rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL,BOOT]
2669 Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
2670 "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
2671 under test support RCU priority boosting.
2672
2673 rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL,BOOT]
2674 Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
2675
2676 rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2677 Interval (s) between each boost test.
2678
2679 rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL,BOOT]
2680 Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
2681 rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
2682
2683 rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL,BOOT]
2684 Specify the RCU implementation to test.
2685
2686 rcutorture.verbose= [KNL,BOOT]
2687 Enable additional printk() statements.
2688
Olof Johanssonffdfc402005-09-06 15:17:19 -07002689 rdinit= [KNL]
2690 Format: <full_path>
2691 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
2692 used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
2693
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002694 reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002695 Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
Randy Dunlapecb08d82009-01-06 14:42:44 -08002696 See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002697
Paul Jackson46b6d942008-07-04 10:00:09 -07002698 relax_domain_level=
2699 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo21acb9c2009-02-04 10:12:08 +01002700 See Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
Paul Jackson46b6d942008-07-04 10:00:09 -07002701
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002702 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
2703
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002704 reservetop= [X86-32]
Zachary Amsden461a9aff2006-09-25 23:32:25 -07002705 Format: nn[KMG]
2706 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
2707 address space.
2708
H. Peter Anvin9ea77bd2010-08-25 16:38:20 -07002709 reservelow= [X86]
2710 Format: nn[K]
2711 Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
2712 the bottom of the address space.
2713
Vivek Goyal7e962872006-09-27 01:50:44 -07002714 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
2715 during initialization.
2716
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002717 resume= [SWSUSP]
2718 Specify the partition device for software suspend
Minho Ban2df83fa2012-05-14 21:45:31 +02002719 Format:
2720 {/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002721
Rafael J. Wysockiecbd0da2006-12-06 20:34:13 -08002722 resume_offset= [SWSUSP]
2723 Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
2724 given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
2725 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
2726 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
2727
Barry Songf126f732011-10-10 23:38:41 +02002728 resumedelay= [HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
2729 read the resume files
2730
Barry Song6f8d7022011-10-06 20:34:46 +02002731 resumewait [HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
2732 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
2733 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
2734
Bojan Smojverf996fc92010-09-09 23:06:23 +02002735 hibernate= [HIBERNATION]
2736 noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image
2737 present during boot.
2738 nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
2739
Michael Neuling0a7b35cb2007-02-10 01:44:33 -08002740 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
2741
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002742 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
2743 Set number of hash buckets for route cache
2744
2745 riscom8= [HW,SERIAL]
2746 Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]]
2747
2748 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
2749
2750 root= [KNL] Root filesystem
Will Drewryf2d34fd92011-08-03 16:21:08 -07002751 See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002752
2753 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
2754 mount the root filesystem
2755
2756 rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
2757
2758 rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
2759
Pierre Ossmancc1ed752007-07-15 23:40:35 -07002760 rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
2761 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
2762 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
2763
Robert Tivy5c71d612013-03-28 18:41:46 -07002764 rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
2765 [KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
2766 Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
2767 managed by CMA.
2768
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002769 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
2770
2771 S [KNL] Run init in single mode
2772
2773 sa1100ir [NET]
2774 See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
2775
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002776 sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002777
Mike Travisf6630112009-11-17 18:22:15 -06002778 sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
2779
Mike Galbraith5307c952012-05-08 12:20:58 +02002780 skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
2781 xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
2782 contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
2783 Format: { "0" | "1" }
2784 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
2785 1 -- enable.
2786 Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
2787 enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
2788
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07002789 security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
2790 If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
2791 security module asking for security registration will be
2792 loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
2793 as if no module has been chosen.
2794
2795 selinux= [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002796 Format: { "0" | "1" }
2797 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
2798 0 -- disable.
2799 1 -- enable.
2800 Default value is set via kernel config option.
2801 If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
2802 later to disable prior to initial policy load.
2803
John Johansenc1c124e2010-07-29 14:48:09 -07002804 apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
2805 Format: { "0" | "1" }
2806 See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
2807 0 -- disable.
2808 1 -- enable.
2809 Default value is set via kernel config option.
2810
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002811 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002812
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002813 shapers= [NET]
2814 Maximal number of shapers.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002815
Yinghai Lub05f78f2008-08-22 01:32:50 -07002816 show_msr= [x86] show boot-time MSR settings
2817 Format: { <integer> }
2818 Show boot-time (BIOS-initialized) MSR settings.
2819 The parameter means the number of CPUs to show,
2820 for example 1 means boot CPU only.
2821
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002822 simeth= [IA-64]
2823 simscsi=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002824
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002825 slram= [HW,MTD]
2826
David Rientjes3df1ccc2011-10-18 22:09:28 -07002827 slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB]
2828 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
2829 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
2830 fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with
2831 more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
2832
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07002833 slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB]
2834 Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
2835 culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
2836 slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
2837 may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
2838 last alloc / free. For more information see
2839 Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07002840
2841 slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07002842 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
2843 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
2844 fragmentation. For more information see
2845 Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07002846
2847 slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB]
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07002848 The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
2849 increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
2850 generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
2851 the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
2852 of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
2853 and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07002854 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
2855
2856 slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB]
Masanari Iida24775d62012-02-15 00:26:42 +09002857 Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07002858 lower than slub_max_order.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07002859 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
2860
2861 slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07002862 Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07002863 necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07002864 allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
2865 merging on their own.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07002866 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
2867
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002868 smart2= [HW]
2869 Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
2870
Bjorn Helgaasd0d4f692007-05-08 00:36:05 -07002871 smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
2872 smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port
2873 smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port
2874 smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port
2875 smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line
2876 smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel
2877 smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
2878 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
2879 1: Fast pin select (default)
2880 2: ATC IRMode
2881
Ingo Molnar9c44bc02008-05-12 21:21:04 +02002882 softlockup_panic=
2883 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
Randy Dunlap44a4dcf2011-04-04 15:02:24 -07002884 Format: <integer>
Ingo Molnar9c44bc02008-05-12 21:21:04 +02002885
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002886 sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
Paul Bolle395cf962011-08-15 02:02:26 +02002887 See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002888
2889 specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +00002890 See Documentation/serial/specialix.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002891
2892 spia_io_base= [HW,MTD]
2893 spia_fio_base=
2894 spia_pedr=
2895 spia_peddr=
2896
Steven Rostedtf38f1d22008-12-16 23:06:40 -05002897 stacktrace [FTRACE]
2898 Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
2899
Steven Rostedt762e1202011-12-19 22:01:00 -05002900 stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
2901 [FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
2902 will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
2903 list of functions. This list can be changed at run
2904 time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
2905 tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
2906 and the stacktrace above is not needed.
2907
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002908 sti= [PARISC,HW]
2909 Format: <num>
2910 Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
2911 machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
2912 as the initial boot-console.
2913 See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
2914
2915 sti_font= [HW]
2916 See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
2917
2918 stifb= [HW]
2919 Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
2920
Trond Myklebustcbf11072009-08-09 15:06:19 -04002921 sunrpc.min_resvport=
2922 sunrpc.max_resvport=
2923 [NFS,SUNRPC]
2924 SunRPC servers often require that client requests
2925 originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
2926 range 0 < portnr < 1024).
2927 An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
2928 ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
2929 kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
2930 using these two parameters to set the minimum and
2931 maximum port values.
2932
Greg Banks42a7fc42007-03-06 01:42:23 -08002933 sunrpc.pool_mode=
2934 [NFS]
2935 Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
2936 service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs
2937 you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
2938 option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
2939 Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
2940 NFS server is running.
2941
2942 auto the server chooses an appropriate mode
2943 automatically using heuristics
2944 global a single global pool contains all CPUs
2945 percpu one pool for each CPU
2946 pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
2947 to global on non-NUMA machines)
2948
Trond Myklebustcbf11072009-08-09 15:06:19 -04002949 sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
2950 sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
2951 [NFS,SUNRPC]
2952 Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
2953 RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
2954 server. Increasing these values may allow you to
2955 improve throughput, but will also increase the
2956 amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
2957
Michal Hockoa42c3902010-11-24 12:57:08 -08002958 swapaccount[=0|1]
2959 [KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
2960 controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
2961 it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
2962
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002963 swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002964
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002965 switches= [HW,M68k]
2966
Andi Kleene52eec12010-09-08 16:54:17 +02002967 sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
2968 Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
2969 on older distributions. When this option is enabled
2970 very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
2971 is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
2972 in older udev will not work anymore.
2973 Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
2974 the kernel configuration.
2975
Ingo Molnar5d6f6472006-12-13 00:34:36 -08002976 sysrq_always_enabled
2977 [KNL]
2978 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
2979 neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
2980 Useful for debugging.
2981
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002982 tdfx= [HW,DRM]
2983
David Brownell77437fd2008-07-23 21:28:33 -07002984 test_suspend= [SUSPEND]
2985 Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
2986 standby suspend) as the system sleep state to briefly
2987 enter during system startup. The system is woken from
2988 this state using a wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
2989
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002990 thash_entries= [KNL,NET]
2991 Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
2992
Len Brownf8707ec2007-08-12 00:12:54 -04002993 thermal.act= [HW,ACPI]
2994 -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
2995 <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
2996
Len Brownc52a7412007-08-14 15:49:32 -04002997 thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI]
2998 -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
Zhang Rui22a94d72008-10-17 02:41:20 -04002999 <degrees C>: override all critical trip points
Len Brownc52a7412007-08-14 15:49:32 -04003000
Len Brownf5487142007-08-12 00:12:44 -04003001 thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI]
3002 Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
3003 critical and hot trip points.
3004
Len Brown72b33ef2007-08-12 00:12:17 -04003005 thermal.off= [HW,ACPI]
3006 1: disable ACPI thermal control
3007
Len Browna70cdc52007-08-12 00:12:35 -04003008 thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI]
3009 -1: disable all passive trip points
Randy Dunlapada9cfd2008-12-19 10:57:32 -08003010 <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
3011 value
Len Browna70cdc52007-08-12 00:12:35 -04003012
Len Brown730ff342007-08-12 00:12:26 -04003013 thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI]
3014 Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
3015 <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
3016 0: no polling (default)
3017
Thomas Gleixner8d32a302011-02-23 23:52:23 +00003018 threadirqs [KNL]
3019 Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
Masanari Iida24775d62012-02-15 00:26:42 +09003020 marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
Thomas Gleixner8d32a302011-02-23 23:52:23 +00003021
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk2ca62b02013-05-08 17:12:44 -04003022 tmem [KNL,XEN]
3023 Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
3024
3025 tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
3026 Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
3027 API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
3028
3029 tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
3030 Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk37d46e12013-05-14 13:56:42 -04003031 API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
3032 the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk2ca62b02013-05-08 17:12:44 -04003033
3034 tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
3035 Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
3036 to the hypervisor.
3037
3038 tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
3039 Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
3040 transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
3041 kernel based on different criteria.
3042
Heiko Carstens2b1a61f2008-12-25 13:39:23 +01003043 topology= [S390]
3044 Format: {off | on}
3045 Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
Sylvestre Ledruf65e51d2011-04-04 15:04:46 -07003046 topology information if the hardware supports this.
3047 The scheduler will make use of this information and
Heiko Carstens2b1a61f2008-12-25 13:39:23 +01003048 e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
Heiko Carstensc9af3fa2010-10-25 16:10:43 +02003049 Default is on.
Heiko Carstens2b1a61f2008-12-25 13:39:23 +01003050
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003051 tp720= [HW,PS2]
3052
Rajiv Andrade225a9be2010-03-25 00:55:32 -03003053 tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
3054 Format: integer pcr id
3055 Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
3056 should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
3057 as a workaround for some chips which fail to
3058 flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
3059 This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
3060 are saved.
3061
Li Zefan9d612be2009-06-24 17:33:15 +08003062 trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
3063 [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size.
KOSAKI Motohiro631595f2009-03-10 13:57:10 +09003064
Li Zefan020e5f82009-07-01 10:47:05 +08003065 trace_event=[event-list]
3066 [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
3067 to facilitate early boot debugging.
3068 See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
3069
Steven Rostedt7bcfaf52012-11-01 22:56:07 -04003070 trace_options=[option-list]
3071 [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
3072 The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
3073 that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
3074 to echo the option name into
3075
3076 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
3077
3078 For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
3079 stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
3080
3081 trace_options=stacktrace
3082
3083 See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
3084 section.
3085
Jiri Kosinafcf4d822012-03-21 16:34:02 -07003086 transparent_hugepage=
3087 [KNL]
3088 Format: [always|madvise|never]
3089 Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
3090 with respect to transparent hugepages.
3091 See Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt for more details.
3092
john stultzd3b8f882009-08-17 16:40:47 -07003093 tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
Alok Kataria395628e2008-10-24 17:22:01 -07003094 Format: <string>
3095 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
john stultzd3b8f882009-08-17 16:40:47 -07003096 disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
3097 as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
3098 high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
3099 virtualized environment.
Venkatesh Pallipadie82b8e42010-10-04 17:03:20 -07003100 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
3101 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
3102 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
3103 can add overhead.
Alok Kataria395628e2008-10-24 17:22:01 -07003104
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07003105 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
3106 TurboGraFX parallel port interface
3107 Format:
3108 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003109 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
3110
Christian Kujaub6935f82011-05-31 15:22:05 +00003111 udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
3112 happen after console_init() and before a proper
3113 console driver takes over, this boot options might
3114 help "seeing" what's going on.
3115
Eric Dumazetf86dcc52009-10-07 00:37:59 +00003116 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
3117 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
3118
Alan Stern5f8364b2006-12-05 16:29:55 -05003119 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
3120 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
3121 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
3122 bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
3123 anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
3124 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
3125 reported either.
3126
Simon Arlotte3a61b02008-07-19 23:32:54 +01003127 unknown_nmi_panic
Randy Dunlap44a4dcf2011-04-04 15:02:24 -07003128 [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
Simon Arlotte3a61b02008-07-19 23:32:54 +01003129
Carl-Daniel Hailfingerc4fc2342011-05-31 21:31:08 +02003130 usbcore.authorized_default=
3131 [USB] Default USB device authorization:
3132 (default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
3133 0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
3134
Alan Sternb5e795f2007-02-20 15:00:53 -05003135 usbcore.autosuspend=
3136 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
3137 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This
3138 is the time required before an idle device will be
3139 autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set
Alan Sterneaafbc32007-03-13 16:39:15 -04003140 to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
Alan Sternb5e795f2007-02-20 15:00:53 -05003141
Jaroslav Kyselafd7c5192008-10-10 16:24:45 +02003142 usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
3143 [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
3144
3145 usbcore.blinkenlights=
3146 [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
3147
3148 usbcore.old_scheme_first=
3149 [USB] Start with the old device initialization
3150 scheme (default 0 = off).
3151
Alan Stern3f5eb8d2011-11-17 16:41:35 -05003152 usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
3153 [USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
3154 usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
3155
Jaroslav Kyselafd7c5192008-10-10 16:24:45 +02003156 usbcore.use_both_schemes=
3157 [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
3158 if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
3159
3160 usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
3161 [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
3162 USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
3163 (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
3164
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003165 usbhid.mousepoll=
3166 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07003167
Alan Sternd4f373e2008-11-10 14:07:45 -05003168 usb-storage.delay_use=
3169 [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
3170 scanned for Logical Units (default 5).
3171
3172 usb-storage.quirks=
3173 [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
3174 override the built-in unusual_devs list. List
3175 entries are separated by commas. Each entry has
3176 the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
3177 and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
3178 Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
3179 to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
Alan Sternc838ea42008-12-15 10:40:06 -05003180 a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
3181 of sense data);
Alan Sterna0bb1082009-12-07 16:39:16 -05003182 b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
3183 bytes of sense data);
Alan Sternd4f373e2008-11-10 14:07:45 -05003184 c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
3185 device capacity by one sector);
Karl Relton51169012011-05-18 21:42:34 +01003186 d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
3187 READ_DISC_INFO command);
3188 e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
3189 READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
Alan Sternc838ea42008-12-15 10:40:06 -05003190 h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
3191 reported device capacity by one
3192 sector if the number is odd);
Alan Sternd4f373e2008-11-10 14:07:45 -05003193 i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
3194 device);
3195 l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
3196 unlock ejectable media);
3197 m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
3198 than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
Alan Stern21c13a42011-06-07 11:35:52 -04003199 n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
3200 initial READ(10) command);
Alan Sternc838ea42008-12-15 10:40:06 -05003201 o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
3202 reported by the device);
Namjae Jeoneaa05df2012-07-07 23:05:28 -04003203 p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
3204 by default);
Alan Sternd4f373e2008-11-10 14:07:45 -05003205 r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
3206 bogus residue values);
3207 s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
3208 Logical Unit);
3209 w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
3210 medium is write-protected).
3211 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
3212
Stephen Boydac1667d2011-08-13 12:34:50 -07003213 user_debug= [KNL,ARM]
3214 Format: <int>
3215 See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
3216 1 - undefined instruction events
3217 2 - system calls
3218 4 - invalid data aborts
3219 8 - SIGSEGV faults
3220 16 - SIGBUS faults
3221 Example: user_debug=31
3222
Ian Campbell14315592010-02-17 10:38:10 +00003223 userpte=
3224 [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
3225
3226 nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
3227 HIGHMEM regardless of setting
3228 of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
3229
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05303230 vdso= [X86,SH]
Jeremy Fitzhardinge1dbf527c2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02003231 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
Ingo Molnare6e54942006-06-27 02:53:50 -07003232 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
3233 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
3234
Jaswinder Singh Rajput6cececf2009-04-14 14:03:43 +05303235 vdso32= [X86]
Roland McGrathaf65d642008-01-30 13:30:43 +01003236 vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
3237 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default)
3238 vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping
3239
Yasuaki Ishimatsud080d392007-07-17 21:22:55 +09003240 vector= [IA-64,SMP]
3241 vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
3242
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003243 video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
3244 See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
3245
Pawel Moll81a054c2012-05-09 18:30:16 +01003246 virtio_mmio.device=
3247 [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
3248
3249 <size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
3250 where:
3251 <size> := size (can use standard suffixes
3252 like K, M and G)
3253 <baseaddr> := physical base address
3254 <irq> := interrupt number (as passed to
3255 request_irq())
3256 <id> := (optional) platform device id
3257 example:
3258 virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
3259
3260 Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
3261
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07003262 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
Kyle McMartin954a8b82009-02-19 16:48:14 -05003263 See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07003264 Documentation/svga.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003265 Use vga=ask for menu.
3266 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
3267 passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
3268
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07003269 vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003270 size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
3271 minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
3272 decrease the size and leave more room for directly
3273 mapped kernel RAM.
3274
Peter Oberparleiter585c3042006-06-29 15:08:25 +02003275 vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
3276 Format: <command>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003277
Peter Oberparleiter585c3042006-06-29 15:08:25 +02003278 vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
3279 Format: <command>
3280
3281 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
3282 Format: <command>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07003283
Andy Lutomirski3ae36652011-08-10 11:15:32 -04003284 vsyscall= [X86-64]
3285 Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
3286 fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
3287 code). Most statically-linked binaries and older
3288 versions of glibc use these calls. Because these
3289 functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
3290 targets for exploits that can control RIP.
3291
Andy Lutomirski2e57ae02011-11-07 16:33:41 -08003292 emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
3293 emulated reasonably safely.
Andy Lutomirski3ae36652011-08-10 11:15:32 -04003294
Andy Lutomirski2e57ae02011-11-07 16:33:41 -08003295 native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
Andy Lutomirski3ae36652011-08-10 11:15:32 -04003296 This is a little bit faster than trapping
3297 and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
3298 better than they would in emulation mode.
3299 It also makes exploits much easier to write.
3300
3301 none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes
3302 them quite hard to use for exploits but
3303 might break your system.
3304
Clemens Ladisch9ea9a882009-12-15 16:45:39 -08003305 vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
3306 Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
3307 the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
3308 see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
3309
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07003310 vt.default_blu= [VT]
3311 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
3312 Change the default blue palette of the console.
3313 This is a 16-member array composed of values
3314 ranging from 0-255.
3315
3316 vt.default_grn= [VT]
3317 Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
3318 Change the default green palette of the console.
3319 This is a 16-member array composed of values
3320 ranging from 0-255.
3321
3322 vt.default_red= [VT]
3323 Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
3324 Change the default red palette of the console.
3325 This is a 16-member array composed of values
3326 ranging from 0-255.
3327
3328 vt.default_utf8=
3329 [VT]
3330 Format=<0|1>
3331 Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
3332 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
3333 newly opened terminals.
3334
Matthew Garrettf6c06b62009-11-13 15:14:11 -05003335 vt.global_cursor_default=
3336 [VT]
3337 Format=<-1|0|1>
3338 Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
3339 is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
3340 i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
3341 overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
3342 cursors, 1 will display them.
3343
Randy Dunlap4724ba572010-05-03 11:42:52 -07003344 watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
3345 see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
3346 or other driver-specific files in the
3347 Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003348
Tejun Heod55262c2013-04-01 11:23:38 -07003349 workqueue.disable_numa
3350 By default, all work items queued to unbound
3351 workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
3352 issued on, which results in better behavior in
3353 general. If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
3354 whatever reason, this option can be used. Note
3355 that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
3356 workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
3357
Viresh Kumar61a10f92013-04-08 16:45:40 +05303358 workqueue.power_efficient
3359 Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
3360 they show better performance thanks to cache
3361 locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
3362 be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
3363
3364 Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
3365 were observed to contribute significantly to power
3366 consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
3367 power usage at the cost of small performance
3368 overhead.
3369
3370 The default value of this parameter is determined by
3371 the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
3372
Randy Dunlap0cb55ad2009-04-05 15:55:22 -07003373 x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
3374 default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
3375 supporting x2apic.
3376
Jacob Panbb24c472009-09-02 07:37:17 -07003377 x86_mrst_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
3378 Choose timer option for x86 Moorestown MID platform.
3379 Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
3380 plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
3381 x86_mrst_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
3382
Stefano Stabellinic1c54132010-05-14 12:44:30 +01003383 xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN]
3384 Unplug Xen emulated devices
3385 Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
3386 ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
3387 aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
3388 nics -- unplug network devices
3389 all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
Ian Campbell1dc7ce92010-08-23 11:59:29 +01003390 unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
3391 unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
3392 the unplug protocol
Ian Campbellc93a4df2010-08-23 11:59:28 +01003393 never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
Stefano Stabellinic1c54132010-05-14 12:44:30 +01003394
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003395 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07003396 Format:
3397 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003398
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07003399______________________________________________________________________
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003400
3401TODO:
3402
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003403 Add more DRM drivers.