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accept_memory= [MM]
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Format: { eager | lazy }
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default: lazy
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By default, unaccepted memory is accepted lazily to
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avoid prolonged boot times. The lazy option will add
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some runtime overhead until all memory is eventually
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accepted. In most cases the overhead is negligible.
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For some workloads or for debugging purposes
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accept_memory=eager can be used to accept all memory
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at once during boot.
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acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64,EARLY]
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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
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Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
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copy_dsdt | nospcr }
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force -- enable ACPI if default was off
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on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64,riscv64]
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off -- disable ACPI if default was on
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noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
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strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
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strictly ACPI specification compliant.
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rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
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copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
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nospcr -- disable console in ACPI SPCR table as
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default _serial_ console on ARM64
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For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on", "acpi=force" or
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"acpi=nospcr" are available
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For RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
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are available
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See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
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acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI,IOAPIC,EARLY]
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Format: <int>
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2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
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1,0: use 1st APIC table
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default: 0
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acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI]
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{ vendor | video | native | none }
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If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
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(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
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of the ACPI video.ko driver.
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If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
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If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
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If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
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acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr [ACPI,EARLY]
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force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
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64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
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bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
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the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
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acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
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Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
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This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
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the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
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This option is useful for developers to identify the
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root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
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has something to do with the repair mechanism.
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acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
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acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
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Format: <int>
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CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
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debug output. Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
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_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
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#define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
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Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
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ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
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ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
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The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See
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Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
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debug layers and levels.
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Enable processor driver info messages:
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acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
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Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
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object while interpreting AML:
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acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
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Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
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acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
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Some values produce so much output that the system is
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unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
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if you need to capture more output.
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acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI]
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{ strict | lax | no }
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Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
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and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
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only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
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used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
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can interfere with legacy drivers.
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strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
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is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
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resources will fail to bind to device using them.
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lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
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legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
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will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
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no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
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no further checks are performed.
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acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
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Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
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By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
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size limitation.
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acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
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ACPI will balance active IRQs
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default in APIC mode
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acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
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ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
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default in PIC mode
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acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
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Format: <irq>,<irq>...
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acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
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use by PCI
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Format: <irq>,<irq>...
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acpi_mask_gpe= [HW,ACPI]
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Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
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by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
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GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
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the GPE dispatcher.
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This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
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GPE floodings.
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Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
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acpi_no_auto_serialize [HW,ACPI]
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Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
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AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
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named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
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auto-serialization feature.
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This feature is enabled by default.
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This option allows to turn off the feature.
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acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump
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kernels.
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acpi_no_static_ssdt [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
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Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
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By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
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installed automatically and they will appear under
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/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
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This option turns off this feature.
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Note that specifying this option does not affect
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dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
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tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
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acpi_no_watchdog [HW,ACPI,WDT]
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Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
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a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
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acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC,EARLY]
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Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
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on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
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second kernel for kdump.
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acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
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Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
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acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
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of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
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specification revision (when using this switch, it may
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be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
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row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
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acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
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acpi_osi="string1" # add string1
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acpi_osi="!string2" # remove string2
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acpi_osi=!* # remove all strings
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acpi_osi=! # disable all built-in OS vendor
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strings
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acpi_osi=!! # enable all built-in OS vendor
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strings
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acpi_osi= # disable all strings
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'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
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multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
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vendor string(s). Note that such command can only
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affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
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it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
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strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
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specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
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is meaningless. This command is useful when one do not
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care about the state of the feature group strings which
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should be controlled by the OSPM.
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Examples:
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1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
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to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
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can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
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'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
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'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
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exist in the ACPI namespace. NOTE that such command can
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only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
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multiple times through kernel command line is also
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meaningless.
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Examples:
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1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
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FALSE.
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'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
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multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
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string(s). Note that such command can affect the
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current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
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feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
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through kernel command line is meaningful. But it may
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still not able to affect the final state of a string if
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there are quirks related to this string. This command
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is useful when one want to control the state of the
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feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
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the OSPM features.
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Examples:
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1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
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'_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
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2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
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'_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
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3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
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equivalent to
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'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
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and
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'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
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they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
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acpi_pm_good [X86]
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Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
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to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
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and always returns good values.
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acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI,EARLY] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
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Format: { level | edge | high | low }
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acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
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Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
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For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
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acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
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Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
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s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
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sci_force_enable, nobl }
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See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
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s3_bios and s3_mode.
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s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
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as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
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s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
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signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
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refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
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the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
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Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
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on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
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and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
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s4_hwsig option is enabled.
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s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
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used (or even warned about) during resume.
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old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
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control method, with respect to putting devices into
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low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
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of _PTS is used by default).
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nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
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ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
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sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
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on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
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but some broken systems don't work without it).
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nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
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behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
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suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
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acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
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Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
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that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
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add_efi_memmap [EFI,X86,EARLY] Include EFI memory map in
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kernel's map of available physical RAM.
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agp= [AGP]
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{ off | try_unsupported }
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off: disable AGP support
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try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
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(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
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ALSA [HW,ALSA]
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See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
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alignment= [KNL,ARM]
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Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
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behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
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bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
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align_va_addr= [X86-64]
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Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
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allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
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gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
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machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
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CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
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a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
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32: only for 32-bit processes
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64: only for 64-bit processes
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on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
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off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
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alloc_snapshot [FTRACE]
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Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
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main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
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and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
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do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
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to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
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allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64,EARLY]
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Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
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PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
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subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
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parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
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EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
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and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
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See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
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information.
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amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64]
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Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
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Possible values are:
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fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
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off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
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the system
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force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
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devices. The IOMMU driver is not
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allowed anymore to lift isolation
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requirements as needed. This option
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does not override iommu=pt
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force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
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to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
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option with care.
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pgtbl_v1 - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
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pgtbl_v2 - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
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irtcachedis - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
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nohugepages - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
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to 4 KiB.
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v2_pgsizes_only - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
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to 4KiB/2Mib/1GiB.
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amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64]
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Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
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for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
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driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
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IOMMU initialization.
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amd_iommu_intr= [HW,X86-64]
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Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
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remapping modes:
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legacy - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
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vapic - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
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to inject interrupts directly into guest.
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This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
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(Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
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amd_pstate= [X86,EARLY]
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disable
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Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
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scaling driver for the supported processors
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passive
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Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
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In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
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Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
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tries to match the same performance level if it is
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satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
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active
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Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
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driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
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to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
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to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
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calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
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frequency.
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guided
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Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
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maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
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selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
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to the current workload.
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amd_prefcore=
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[X86]
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disable
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Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
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amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
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Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
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Format: <a>,<b>
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See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
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analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
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Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
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connected to one of 16 gameports
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Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
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apc= [HW,SPARC]
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Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
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Format: noidle
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Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
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||
not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
|
||
APC and your system crashes randomly.
|
||
|
||
apic= [APIC,X86,EARLY] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
|
||
Change the output verbosity while booting
|
||
Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
|
||
Change the amount of debugging information output
|
||
when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
|
||
For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
|
||
driver name.
|
||
Format: apic=driver_name
|
||
Examples: apic=bigsmp
|
||
|
||
apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting
|
||
Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
|
||
bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
|
||
all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
|
||
backup of CPU 0
|
||
none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
|
||
useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
|
||
shot down by NMI
|
||
|
||
autoconf= [IPV6]
|
||
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
|
||
|
||
apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
|
||
See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
|
||
|
||
apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
|
||
0 -- disable.
|
||
1 -- enable.
|
||
Default value is set via kernel config option.
|
||
|
||
arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
|
||
Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
|
||
|
||
arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
|
||
32 bit applications.
|
||
|
||
arm64.nobti [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
|
||
Identification support
|
||
|
||
arm64.nogcs [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Guarded Control Stack
|
||
support
|
||
|
||
arm64.nomops [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
|
||
Set instructions support
|
||
|
||
arm64.nomte [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
|
||
support
|
||
|
||
arm64.nopauth [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
|
||
support
|
||
|
||
arm64.nosme [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
|
||
Extension support
|
||
|
||
arm64.nosve [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
|
||
Extension support
|
||
|
||
ataflop= [HW,M68k]
|
||
|
||
atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
|
||
|
||
atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
|
||
EzKey and similar keyboards
|
||
|
||
atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
|
||
|
||
atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set
|
||
Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
|
||
|
||
atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
|
||
keyboards
|
||
|
||
atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
|
||
Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
|
||
|
||
atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
|
||
Use software keyboard repeat
|
||
|
||
audit= [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
|
||
0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
|
||
enabled until the next reboot
|
||
unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
|
||
will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
|
||
1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
|
||
enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
|
||
messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
|
||
userspace auditd.
|
||
Default: unset
|
||
|
||
audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
|
||
Format: <int> (must be >=0)
|
||
Default: 64
|
||
|
||
bau= [X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV. The default
|
||
behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
0 - Disable the BAU.
|
||
1 - Enable the BAU.
|
||
unset - Disable the BAU.
|
||
|
||
baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
|
||
Format: <io>,<mode>
|
||
|
||
baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
|
||
Format: <io>,<mode>
|
||
See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
|
||
|
||
baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25]
|
||
BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
|
||
Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
|
||
See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
|
||
|
||
baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25]
|
||
BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
|
||
Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
|
||
See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
|
||
|
||
bdev_allow_write_mounted=
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Control the ability to open a mounted block device
|
||
for writing, i.e., allow / disallow writes that bypass
|
||
the FS. This was implemented as a means to prevent
|
||
fuzzers from crashing the kernel by overwriting the
|
||
metadata underneath a mounted FS without its awareness.
|
||
This also prevents destructive formatting of mounted
|
||
filesystems by naive storage tooling that don't use
|
||
O_EXCL. Default is Y and can be changed through the
|
||
Kconfig option CONFIG_BLK_DEV_WRITE_MOUNTED.
|
||
|
||
bert_disable [ACPI]
|
||
Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
|
||
|
||
bgrt_disable [ACPI,X86,EARLY]
|
||
Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
|
||
|
||
blkdevparts= Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
|
||
embedded devices based on command line input.
|
||
See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
|
||
|
||
boot_delay= [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
|
||
Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
|
||
and you may also have to specify "lpj=". Boot_delay
|
||
values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
|
||
erroneous and ignored.
|
||
Format: integer
|
||
|
||
bootconfig [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
|
||
and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
|
||
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
|
||
|
||
bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
|
||
bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as
|
||
kernel args too.
|
||
bttv.pll= See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
|
||
bttv.tuner=
|
||
|
||
bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
|
||
firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
|
||
at a time.
|
||
|
||
c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
|
||
|
||
cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
|
||
Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
|
||
size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
|
||
to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
|
||
possible to determine what the correct size should be.
|
||
This option provides an override for these situations.
|
||
|
||
carrier_timeout=
|
||
[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
|
||
the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
|
||
it waits 120 seconds.
|
||
|
||
ca_keys= [KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
|
||
the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
|
||
trust validation.
|
||
format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
|
||
|
||
cca= [MIPS,EARLY] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
|
||
algorithm. Accepted values range from 0 to 7
|
||
inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
|
||
for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
|
||
others).
|
||
|
||
ccw_timeout_log [S390]
|
||
See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
|
||
|
||
cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
|
||
Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
|
||
The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
|
||
- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
|
||
a single hierarchy
|
||
- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
|
||
subsystem
|
||
- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
|
||
disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
|
||
created
|
||
{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
|
||
cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
|
||
only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
|
||
Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
|
||
stall information accounting feature
|
||
|
||
cgroup_no_v1= [KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
|
||
Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
|
||
[,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
|
||
Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
|
||
the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
|
||
"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
|
||
named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
|
||
all v1 hierarchies.
|
||
|
||
cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
|
||
Format: { "true" | "false" }
|
||
Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
|
||
|
||
cgroup.memory= [KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
|
||
Format: <string>
|
||
nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
|
||
nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
|
||
nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
|
||
|
||
checkreqprot= [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
|
||
0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
|
||
any implied execute protection).
|
||
1 -- check protection requested by application.
|
||
Default value is set via a kernel config option.
|
||
Value can be changed at runtime via
|
||
/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
|
||
Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
|
||
|
||
cio_ignore= [S390]
|
||
See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
|
||
|
||
clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
|
||
Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
|
||
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
|
||
numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
|
||
stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
|
||
ones should be.
|
||
X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
|
||
in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
|
||
instability issue. However, not all features have names
|
||
in /proc/cpuinfo.
|
||
Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
|
||
Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
|
||
or using the feature without checking anything
|
||
will still see it. This just prevents it from
|
||
being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
|
||
Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
|
||
some critical bits.
|
||
|
||
clk_ignore_unused
|
||
[CLK]
|
||
Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
|
||
clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
|
||
device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
|
||
by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
|
||
force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
|
||
those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
|
||
debug and development, but should not be needed on a
|
||
platform with proper driver support. For more
|
||
information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
|
||
|
||
clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
|
||
[Deprecated]
|
||
Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
|
||
when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
|
||
clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
|
||
Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
|
||
|
||
clocksource= Override the default clocksource
|
||
Format: <string>
|
||
Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
|
||
with the name specified.
|
||
Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
|
||
the platform:
|
||
[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
|
||
[ACPI] acpi_pm
|
||
[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
|
||
pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
|
||
[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
|
||
scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
|
||
[MIPS] MIPS
|
||
[PARISC] cr16
|
||
[S390] tod
|
||
[SH] SuperH
|
||
[SPARC64] tick
|
||
[X86-64] hpet,tsc
|
||
|
||
clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
|
||
[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
|
||
architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
|
||
loops can be debugged more effectively on production
|
||
systems.
|
||
|
||
clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
|
||
Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
|
||
marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
|
||
are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
|
||
A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
|
||
zero says not to check any. Values larger than
|
||
nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
|
||
The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
|
||
no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
|
||
|
||
clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
|
||
watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
|
||
Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
|
||
10 seconds when built into the kernel.
|
||
|
||
cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
|
||
[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
|
||
Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
|
||
contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
|
||
placement constraint by the physical address range of
|
||
memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
|
||
altogether. For more information, see
|
||
kernel/dma/contiguous.c
|
||
|
||
cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
|
||
[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
|
||
Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
|
||
contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
|
||
per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
|
||
specified, the default value is 0.
|
||
With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
|
||
first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
|
||
which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
|
||
they will fallback to the global default memory area.
|
||
|
||
numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
|
||
[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
|
||
Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
|
||
contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
|
||
area for the specified node.
|
||
|
||
With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
|
||
first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
|
||
which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
|
||
they will fallback to the global default memory area.
|
||
|
||
cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
|
||
Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
|
||
when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
|
||
to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
|
||
a hypervisor.
|
||
Default: yes
|
||
|
||
coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
|
||
allocations, by default set to 256K.
|
||
|
||
com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
|
||
Format:
|
||
<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
|
||
|
||
com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
|
||
Format: <io>[,<irq>]
|
||
|
||
com90xx= [HW,NET]
|
||
ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
|
||
Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
|
||
|
||
condev= [HW,S390] console device
|
||
conmode=
|
||
|
||
con3215_drop= [S390,EARLY] 3215 console drop mode.
|
||
Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
|
||
When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
|
||
the console buffer is full. In this case the
|
||
operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
|
||
x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
|
||
console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
|
||
This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
|
||
terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
|
||
emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
|
||
|
||
console= [KNL] Output console device and options.
|
||
|
||
tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>.
|
||
|
||
ttyS<n>[,options]
|
||
ttyUSB0[,options]
|
||
Use the specified serial port. The options are of
|
||
the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
|
||
"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
|
||
bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
|
||
omit it). Default is "9600n8".
|
||
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
|
||
information. See
|
||
Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
|
||
alternative.
|
||
|
||
<DEVNAME>:<n>.<n>[,options]
|
||
Use the specified serial port on the serial core bus.
|
||
The addressing uses DEVNAME of the physical serial port
|
||
device, followed by the serial core controller instance,
|
||
and the serial port instance. The options are the same
|
||
as documented for the ttyS addressing above.
|
||
|
||
The mapping of the serial ports to the tty instances
|
||
can be viewed with:
|
||
|
||
$ ls -d /sys/bus/serial-base/devices/*:*.*/tty/*
|
||
/sys/bus/serial-base/devices/00:04:0.0/tty/ttyS0
|
||
|
||
In the above example, the console can be addressed with
|
||
console=00:04:0.0. Note that a console addressed this
|
||
way will only get added when the related device driver
|
||
is ready. The use of an earlycon parameter in addition to
|
||
the console may be desired for console output early on.
|
||
|
||
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
|
||
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
|
||
uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
|
||
uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
|
||
uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
|
||
UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
|
||
switching to the matching ttyS device later.
|
||
MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
|
||
(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
|
||
If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
|
||
to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
|
||
the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
|
||
the h/w is not re-initialized.
|
||
|
||
hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
|
||
both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
|
||
|
||
{ null | "" }
|
||
Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
|
||
console messages discarded.
|
||
This must be the only console= parameter used on the
|
||
kernel command line.
|
||
|
||
If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
|
||
device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
|
||
console=brl,ttyS0
|
||
For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
|
||
|
||
console_msg_format=
|
||
[KNL] Change console messages format
|
||
default
|
||
By default we print messages on consoles in
|
||
"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
|
||
printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
|
||
`printk_time' param).
|
||
syslog
|
||
Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
|
||
IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
|
||
prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
|
||
syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
|
||
from /proc/kmsg.
|
||
|
||
consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
|
||
seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
|
||
Defaults to 0.
|
||
|
||
coredump_filter=
|
||
[KNL] Change the default value for
|
||
/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
|
||
See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
|
||
|
||
coresight_cpu_debug.enable
|
||
[ARM,ARM64]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
|
||
0: default value, disable debugging
|
||
1: enable debugging at boot time
|
||
|
||
cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
|
||
Format:
|
||
<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
|
||
|
||
cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE]
|
||
disable the cpuidle sub-system
|
||
|
||
cpuidle.governor=
|
||
[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
|
||
|
||
cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ]
|
||
disable the cpufreq sub-system
|
||
|
||
cpufreq.default_governor=
|
||
[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
|
||
policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
|
||
kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
|
||
|
||
cpu_init_udelay=N
|
||
[X86,EARLY] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
|
||
of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs
|
||
on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
|
||
Default: 10000
|
||
|
||
cpuhp.parallel=
|
||
[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
|
||
the parameter has no effect.
|
||
|
||
crash_kexec_post_notifiers
|
||
Only jump to kdump kernel after running the panic
|
||
notifiers and dumping kmsg. This option increases
|
||
the risks of a kdump failure, since some panic
|
||
notifiers can make the crashed kernel more unstable.
|
||
In configurations where kdump may not be reliable,
|
||
running the panic notifiers could allow collecting
|
||
more data on dmesg, like stack traces from other CPUS
|
||
or extra data dumped by panic_print. Note that some
|
||
configurations enable this option unconditionally,
|
||
like Hyper-V, PowerPC (fadump) and AMD SEV-SNP.
|
||
|
||
crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
|
||
upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
|
||
memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
|
||
image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
|
||
is selected automatically.
|
||
[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] Select a region
|
||
under 4G first, and fall back to reserve region above
|
||
4G when '@offset' hasn't been specified.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
|
||
|
||
crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
|
||
[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
|
||
in the running system. The syntax of range is
|
||
start-[end] where start and end are both
|
||
a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
|
||
|
||
crashkernel=size[KMG],high
|
||
[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range could be
|
||
above 4G.
|
||
Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
|
||
so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
|
||
installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
|
||
below 4G, if available.
|
||
It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
|
||
crashkernel=size[KMG],low
|
||
[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range under 4G.
|
||
When crashkernel=X,high is passed, kernel could allocate
|
||
physical memory region above 4G, that cause second kernel
|
||
crash on system that require some amount of low memory,
|
||
e.g. swiotlb requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also
|
||
enough extra low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers
|
||
for 32-bit devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
|
||
default size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
|
||
size is platform dependent.
|
||
--> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
|
||
--> arm64: 128MiB
|
||
--> riscv: 128MiB
|
||
--> loongarch: 128MiB
|
||
This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
|
||
for second kernel instead.
|
||
0: to disable low allocation.
|
||
It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
|
||
or memory reserved is below 4G.
|
||
|
||
cryptomgr.notests
|
||
[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
|
||
|
||
cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
|
||
Format: <dma>
|
||
|
||
cs89x0_media= [HW,NET]
|
||
Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
|
||
|
||
csdlock_debug= [KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
|
||
function call handling. When switched on,
|
||
additional debug data is printed to the console
|
||
in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
|
||
CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
|
||
the hang situation. The default value of this
|
||
option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
|
||
Kconfig option.
|
||
|
||
dasd= [HW,NET]
|
||
See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
|
||
|
||
db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
|
||
(one device per port)
|
||
Format: <port#>,<type>
|
||
See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
|
||
|
||
debug [KNL,EARLY] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
|
||
|
||
debug_boot_weak_hash
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
|
||
boot sequence. If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
|
||
of siphash to hash pointers. Use this option if you are
|
||
seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
|
||
value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
|
||
insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
|
||
|
||
debug_locks_verbose=
|
||
[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Print debugging info while doing the locking API
|
||
self-tests.
|
||
Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
|
||
(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
|
||
will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
|
||
useful to lockdep developers.
|
||
|
||
debug_objects [KNL,EARLY] Enable object debugging
|
||
|
||
debug_guardpage_minorder=
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
|
||
parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
|
||
be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
|
||
buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
|
||
of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
|
||
amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
|
||
possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2. Setting this
|
||
parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
|
||
random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
|
||
kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
|
||
from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
|
||
a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
|
||
H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
|
||
(basically when memory is written at bus level and the
|
||
CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
|
||
CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
|
||
help tracking down these problems.
|
||
|
||
debug_pagealloc=
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
|
||
enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
|
||
disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
|
||
kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
|
||
Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
|
||
useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
|
||
on: enable the feature
|
||
|
||
debugfs= [KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
|
||
userspace and debugfs internal clients.
|
||
Format: { on, no-mount, off }
|
||
on: All functions are enabled.
|
||
no-mount:
|
||
Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
|
||
access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
|
||
its content. There is nothing to mount.
|
||
off: Filesystem is not registered and clients
|
||
get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
|
||
or directories within debugfs.
|
||
This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
|
||
debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
|
||
Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
|
||
|
||
debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging
|
||
|
||
default_hugepagesz=
|
||
[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
|
||
the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
|
||
APIs. In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
|
||
used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
|
||
filesystems. If not specified, defaults to the
|
||
architecture's default huge page size. Huge page
|
||
sizes are architecture dependent. See also
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
|
||
Format: size[KMG]
|
||
|
||
deferred_probe_timeout=
|
||
[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
|
||
deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
|
||
probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
|
||
drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
|
||
of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
|
||
out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
|
||
successful driver registration. This option will also
|
||
dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
|
||
retrying.
|
||
|
||
delayacct [KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
|
||
|
||
dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
|
||
[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
|
||
indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
|
||
hardware.
|
||
|
||
dell_smm_hwmon.force=
|
||
[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
|
||
not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
|
||
blacklisted features.
|
||
|
||
dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
|
||
[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
|
||
(disabled by default).
|
||
|
||
dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
|
||
[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
|
||
capability is set.
|
||
|
||
dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
|
||
[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
|
||
|
||
dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
|
||
[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
|
||
|
||
dfltcc= [HW,S390]
|
||
Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
|
||
on: s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
|
||
level 1 and decompression (default)
|
||
off: No s390 zlib hardware support
|
||
def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
|
||
only (compression on level 1)
|
||
inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
|
||
only (decompression)
|
||
always: Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
|
||
level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
|
||
|
||
dhash_entries= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
|
||
|
||
disable_1tb_segments [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
|
||
causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
|
||
can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
|
||
miss to occur.
|
||
|
||
disable= [IPV6]
|
||
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
|
||
|
||
disable_radix [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
|
||
|
||
disable_tlbie [PPC]
|
||
Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
|
||
with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
|
||
|
||
disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES,EARLY]
|
||
Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
|
||
to workaround buggy firmware.
|
||
|
||
disable_ipv6= [IPV6]
|
||
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
|
||
|
||
disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
|
||
The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
|
||
to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
|
||
entry later. This parameter disables that.
|
||
|
||
disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only,EARLY]
|
||
By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
|
||
memory out of your available memory pool based on
|
||
MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior,
|
||
possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
|
||
|
||
disable_timer_pin_1 [X86,EARLY]
|
||
Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
|
||
Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
|
||
|
||
dis_ucode_ldr [X86] Disable the microcode loader.
|
||
|
||
dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
|
||
this option disables the debugging code at boot.
|
||
|
||
dma_debug_entries=<number>
|
||
This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
|
||
entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
|
||
required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
|
||
DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
|
||
architectural default is too low.
|
||
|
||
dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
|
||
With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
|
||
filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
|
||
pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
|
||
The filter can be disabled or changed to another
|
||
driver later using sysfs.
|
||
|
||
reg_file_data_sampling=
|
||
[X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data
|
||
Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU
|
||
vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer
|
||
kernel data values previously stored in floating point
|
||
registers, vector registers, or integer registers.
|
||
RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors.
|
||
|
||
on: Turns ON the mitigation.
|
||
off: Turns OFF the mitigation.
|
||
|
||
This parameter overrides the compile time default set
|
||
by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be
|
||
disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS)
|
||
are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all
|
||
VERW based mitigations need to be disabled.
|
||
|
||
For details see:
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst
|
||
|
||
driver_async_probe= [KNL]
|
||
List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
|
||
matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
|
||
rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
|
||
match the *.
|
||
Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
|
||
|
||
drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
|
||
Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
|
||
panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
|
||
This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
|
||
in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
|
||
An EDID data set will only be used for a particular
|
||
connector, if its name and a colon are prepended to
|
||
the EDID name. Each connector may use a unique EDID
|
||
data set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
|
||
data set with no connector name will be used for
|
||
any connectors not explicitly specified.
|
||
|
||
dscc4.setup= [NET]
|
||
|
||
dt_cpu_ftrs= [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Format: {"off" | "known"}
|
||
Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
|
||
used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
|
||
exists).
|
||
off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
|
||
known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
|
||
or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
|
||
|
||
dump_apple_properties [X86]
|
||
Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
|
||
x86 Macs. Useful for driver authors to determine
|
||
what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
|
||
|
||
dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
|
||
<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
|
||
Enable debug messages at boot time. See
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
|
||
for details.
|
||
|
||
early_ioremap_debug [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
|
||
is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
|
||
which are not unmapped.
|
||
|
||
earlycon= [KNL,EARLY] Output early console device and options.
|
||
|
||
When used with no options, the early console is
|
||
determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
|
||
chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
|
||
the platform.
|
||
|
||
cdns,<addr>[,options]
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
|
||
(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
|
||
supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
|
||
specified, the serial port must already be setup and
|
||
configured.
|
||
|
||
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
|
||
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
|
||
uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
|
||
uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
|
||
uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
|
||
UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
|
||
MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
|
||
(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
|
||
If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
|
||
to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
|
||
in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
|
||
unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
|
||
the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
|
||
to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
|
||
|
||
pl011,<addr>
|
||
pl011,mmio32,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
|
||
port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
|
||
must already be setup and configured. Options are not
|
||
yet supported. If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
|
||
the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
|
||
the device registers.
|
||
|
||
liteuart,<addr>
|
||
Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
|
||
specified address. The serial port must already be
|
||
setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
|
||
|
||
meson,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
|
||
port at the specified address. The serial port must
|
||
already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
|
||
supported.
|
||
|
||
msm_serial,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
|
||
port at the specified address. The serial port
|
||
must already be setup and configured. Options are not
|
||
yet supported.
|
||
|
||
msm_serial_dm,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
|
||
dm port at the specified address. The serial port
|
||
must already be setup and configured. Options are not
|
||
yet supported.
|
||
|
||
owl,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
|
||
of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
|
||
specified address. The serial port must already be
|
||
setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
|
||
|
||
rda,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
|
||
of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
|
||
specified address. The serial port must already be
|
||
setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
|
||
|
||
sbi
|
||
Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
|
||
console.
|
||
|
||
smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
|
||
|
||
s3c2410,<addr>
|
||
s3c2412,<addr>
|
||
s3c2440,<addr>
|
||
s3c6400,<addr>
|
||
s5pv210,<addr>
|
||
exynos4210,<addr>
|
||
Use early console provided by serial driver available
|
||
on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
|
||
a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
|
||
serial port must already be setup and configured.
|
||
Options are not yet supported.
|
||
|
||
lantiq,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
|
||
(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
|
||
must already be setup and configured. Options are not
|
||
yet supported.
|
||
|
||
lpuart,<addr>
|
||
lpuart32,<addr>
|
||
Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
|
||
found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
|
||
A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
|
||
port must already be setup and configured.
|
||
|
||
ec_imx21,<addr>
|
||
ec_imx6q,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
|
||
Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
|
||
must already be setup and configured.
|
||
|
||
ar3700_uart,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on the
|
||
Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
|
||
address. The serial port must already be setup
|
||
and configured. Options are not yet supported.
|
||
|
||
qcom_geni,<addr>
|
||
Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
|
||
Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
|
||
specified address. The serial port must already be
|
||
setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
|
||
|
||
efifb,[options]
|
||
Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
|
||
memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
|
||
coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
|
||
the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
|
||
mapped with the correct attributes.
|
||
|
||
linflex,<addr>
|
||
Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
|
||
serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
|
||
address must be provided, and the serial port must
|
||
already be setup and configured.
|
||
|
||
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390,UM,EARLY]
|
||
earlyprintk=vga
|
||
earlyprintk=sclp
|
||
earlyprintk=xen
|
||
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
|
||
earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
|
||
earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
|
||
earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
|
||
earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
|
||
earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
|
||
earlyprintk=bios
|
||
|
||
earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
|
||
the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
|
||
default because it has some cosmetic problems.
|
||
|
||
Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
|
||
takes over.
|
||
|
||
Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
|
||
be used at a time.
|
||
|
||
Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
|
||
name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
|
||
on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
|
||
replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
|
||
earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
|
||
You can find the port for a given device in
|
||
/proc/tty/driver/serial:
|
||
2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
|
||
|
||
Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
|
||
very good.
|
||
|
||
The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
|
||
the real console.
|
||
|
||
The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
|
||
|
||
The sclp output can only be used on s390.
|
||
|
||
The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
|
||
|
||
The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
|
||
PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
|
||
UART class.
|
||
|
||
edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
|
||
Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
|
||
on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
|
||
by other higher priority error reporting module.
|
||
off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
|
||
force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
|
||
default: on.
|
||
|
||
edd= [EDD]
|
||
Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
|
||
|
||
efi= [EFI,EARLY]
|
||
Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
|
||
"nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
|
||
"novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
|
||
debug: enable misc debug output.
|
||
disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
|
||
PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
|
||
nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
|
||
boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
|
||
firmware implementations.
|
||
noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
|
||
nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
|
||
attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
|
||
memory range for a memory mapping driver to
|
||
claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
|
||
reservation and treat the memory by its base type
|
||
(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
|
||
novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
|
||
no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
|
||
on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
|
||
|
||
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY]
|
||
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
|
||
your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
|
||
you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
|
||
fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
|
||
|
||
efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
|
||
that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
|
||
multiple variables with the same name but with different
|
||
vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
|
||
|
||
|
||
eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
|
||
See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
|
||
|
||
ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB,EARLY] Allow early kernel console debugging
|
||
Format: ekgdboc=kbd
|
||
|
||
This is designed to be used in conjunction with
|
||
the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
|
||
|
||
This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
|
||
but can only be used if the backing tty is available
|
||
very early in the boot process. For early debugging
|
||
via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
|
||
|
||
elanfreq= [X86-32]
|
||
See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
|
||
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
|
||
|
||
elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390,EARLY]
|
||
Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
|
||
image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
|
||
kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
|
||
|
||
enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
|
||
The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
|
||
to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
|
||
entry later. This parameter enables that.
|
||
|
||
enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
|
||
Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
|
||
Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
|
||
(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
|
||
The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
|
||
|
||
enforcing= [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
|
||
Format: {"0" | "1"}
|
||
See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
|
||
0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
|
||
1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
|
||
Default value is 0.
|
||
Value can be changed at runtime via
|
||
/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
|
||
|
||
erst_disable [ACPI]
|
||
Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
|
||
support.
|
||
|
||
ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
|
||
This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
|
||
has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
|
||
|
||
evm= [EVM]
|
||
Format: { "fix" }
|
||
Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
|
||
current integrity status.
|
||
|
||
early_page_ext [KNL,EARLY] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
|
||
stages so cover more early boot allocations.
|
||
Please note that as side effect some optimizations
|
||
might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
|
||
memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
|
||
might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
|
||
memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
|
||
|
||
failslab=
|
||
fail_usercopy=
|
||
fail_page_alloc=
|
||
fail_make_request=[KNL]
|
||
General fault injection mechanism.
|
||
Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
|
||
See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
|
||
|
||
fb_tunnels= [NET]
|
||
Format: { initns | none }
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
|
||
fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
|
||
|
||
floppy= [HW]
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
|
||
|
||
forcepae [X86-32]
|
||
Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
|
||
Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
|
||
functionally usable PAE implementation.
|
||
Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
|
||
and may cause unknown problems.
|
||
|
||
fred= [X86-64]
|
||
Enable/disable Flexible Return and Event Delivery.
|
||
Format: { on | off }
|
||
on: enable FRED when it's present.
|
||
off: disable FRED, the default setting.
|
||
|
||
ftrace=[tracer]
|
||
[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
|
||
as early as possible in order to facilitate early
|
||
boot debugging.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_boot_snapshot
|
||
[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
|
||
ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
|
||
/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
|
||
This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
|
||
boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
|
||
start up functionality.
|
||
|
||
Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
|
||
instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
|
||
line parameter.
|
||
|
||
trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
|
||
|
||
The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
|
||
a snapshot at the end of boot up.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_dump_on_oops[=2(orig_cpu) | =<instance>][,<instance> |
|
||
,<instance>=2(orig_cpu)]
|
||
[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
|
||
If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump global
|
||
buffers of all CPUs, if you pass 2 or orig_cpu, it
|
||
will dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered
|
||
the oops, or the specific instance will be dumped if
|
||
its name is passed. Multiple instance dump is also
|
||
supported, and instances are separated by commas. Each
|
||
instance supports only dump on CPU that triggered the
|
||
oops by passing 2 or orig_cpu to it.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_dump_on_oops=foo=orig_cpu
|
||
|
||
The above will dump only the buffer of "foo" instance
|
||
on CPU that triggered the oops.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_dump_on_oops,foo,bar=orig_cpu
|
||
|
||
The above will dump global buffer on all CPUs, the
|
||
buffer of "foo" instance on all CPUs and the buffer
|
||
of "bar" instance on CPU that triggered the oops.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_filter=[function-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
|
||
tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
|
||
list of functions. This list can be changed at run
|
||
time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
|
||
tracing directory.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
|
||
function-list. This list can be changed at run time
|
||
by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
|
||
tracing directory.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
|
||
by the function graph tracer at boot up.
|
||
function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
|
||
that can be changed at run time by the
|
||
set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
|
||
function-list. This list is a comma-separated list of
|
||
functions that can be changed at run time by the
|
||
set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
|
||
|
||
ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
|
||
[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
|
||
the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
|
||
can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
|
||
in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
|
||
|
||
fw_devlink= [KNL,EARLY] Create device links between consumer and supplier
|
||
devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
|
||
consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
|
||
especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
|
||
it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
|
||
(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
|
||
clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
|
||
suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
|
||
suppliers).
|
||
Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
|
||
off -- Don't create device links from firmware info.
|
||
permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
|
||
but use it only for ordering boot state clean
|
||
up (sync_state() calls).
|
||
on -- Create device links from firmware info and use it
|
||
to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
|
||
rpm -- Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
|
||
|
||
fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
|
||
dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
|
||
fw_devlink.sync_state =
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] When all devices that could probe have finished
|
||
probing, this parameter controls what to do with
|
||
devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
|
||
calls.
|
||
Format: { strict | timeout }
|
||
strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
|
||
probe successfully.
|
||
timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
|
||
sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
|
||
received their sync_state() calls after
|
||
deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
|
||
late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
|
||
|
||
gamecon.map[2|3]=
|
||
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
|
||
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
|
||
Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
|
||
See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
|
||
|
||
gamma= [HW,DRM]
|
||
|
||
gart_fix_e820= [X86-64,EARLY] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
|
||
Format: off | on
|
||
default: on
|
||
|
||
gather_data_sampling=
|
||
[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
|
||
mitigation.
|
||
|
||
Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
|
||
allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
|
||
previously stored in vector registers.
|
||
|
||
This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
|
||
The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
|
||
disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
|
||
disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
|
||
|
||
force: Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
|
||
microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
|
||
mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
|
||
userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
|
||
|
||
off: Disable GDS mitigation.
|
||
|
||
gcov_persist= [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
|
||
kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
|
||
debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
|
||
When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
|
||
debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
|
||
|
||
goldfish [X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
|
||
Don't use this when you are not running on the
|
||
android emulator
|
||
|
||
gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
|
||
[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
|
||
Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
|
||
gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
|
||
[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
|
||
|
||
gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
|
||
invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
|
||
primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
|
||
GPT to be used instead.
|
||
|
||
grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
|
||
the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
Default: 0
|
||
grcan.enable1= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
|
||
the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
Default: 0
|
||
grcan.select= [HW] Select which physical interface to use.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
Default: 0
|
||
grcan.txsize= [HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
|
||
Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
|
||
Default: 1024
|
||
grcan.rxsize= [HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
|
||
Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
|
||
Default: 1024
|
||
|
||
hardened_usercopy=
|
||
[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
|
||
hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
|
||
usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
|
||
from reading or writing beyond known memory
|
||
allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
|
||
against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
|
||
copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
|
||
on Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
|
||
off Disable hardened usercopy checks.
|
||
|
||
hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
|
||
[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
|
||
backtraces on all cpus.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
|
||
hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
|
||
are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
|
||
for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
|
||
|
||
hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
|
||
Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
|
||
|
||
hest_disable [ACPI]
|
||
Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
|
||
corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
|
||
logic will be disabled.
|
||
|
||
hibernate= [HIBERNATION]
|
||
noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image
|
||
present during boot.
|
||
nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
|
||
no Disable hibernation and resume.
|
||
protect_image Turn on image protection during restoration
|
||
(that will set all pages holding image data
|
||
during restoration read-only).
|
||
|
||
hibernate.compressor= [HIBERNATION] Compression algorithm to be
|
||
used with hibernation.
|
||
Format: { lzo | lz4 }
|
||
Default: lzo
|
||
|
||
lzo: Select LZO compression algorithm to
|
||
compress/decompress hibernation image.
|
||
|
||
lz4: Select LZ4 compression algorithm to
|
||
compress/decompress hibernation image.
|
||
|
||
highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
|
||
size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
|
||
highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
|
||
size on bigger boxes.
|
||
|
||
highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
|
||
Valid parameters: "on", "off"
|
||
Default: "on"
|
||
|
||
hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
|
||
|
||
hostname= [KNL,EARLY] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
|
||
Format: <string>
|
||
This allows setting the system's hostname during early
|
||
startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
|
||
Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
|
||
possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
|
||
any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
|
||
that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
|
||
has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
|
||
process getting an incorrect result. The string must
|
||
not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
|
||
64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
|
||
|
||
hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
|
||
Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
|
||
verbose }
|
||
disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
|
||
force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
|
||
VIA, nVidia)
|
||
verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
|
||
|
||
hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
|
||
registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
|
||
|
||
hugepages= [HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
|
||
If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
|
||
the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
|
||
If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
|
||
line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
|
||
the default huge page size. If using node format, the
|
||
number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
|
||
See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
|
||
Format: <integer> or (node format)
|
||
<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
|
||
|
||
hugepagesz=
|
||
[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages. This is used in
|
||
conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
|
||
pages of a specific size at boot. The pair
|
||
hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
|
||
each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
|
||
architecture dependent. See also
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
|
||
Format: size[KMG]
|
||
|
||
hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA,EARLY] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
|
||
of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
|
||
of a CMA area per node can be specified.
|
||
Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
|
||
<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
|
||
|
||
Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
|
||
hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
|
||
boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
|
||
|
||
hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
|
||
[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
|
||
enabled.
|
||
Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
|
||
Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
|
||
memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
|
||
Format: { on | off (default) }
|
||
|
||
on: enable HVO
|
||
off: disable HVO
|
||
|
||
Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
|
||
the default is on.
|
||
|
||
Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
|
||
memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
|
||
enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
|
||
feature is enabled. Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
|
||
the added memory block itself do not be affected.
|
||
|
||
hung_task_panic=
|
||
[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
|
||
A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
|
||
hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
|
||
by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
|
||
option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
|
||
be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
|
||
|
||
hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
|
||
terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
|
||
hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
|
||
If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
|
||
from listed z/VM user IDs only.
|
||
|
||
hv_nopvspin [X86,HYPER_V,EARLY]
|
||
Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
|
||
which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest
|
||
on lock contention.
|
||
|
||
i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
|
||
or register an additional I2C bus that is not
|
||
registered from board initialization code.
|
||
Format:
|
||
<bus_id>,<clkrate>
|
||
|
||
i2c_touchscreen_props= [HW,ACPI,X86]
|
||
Set device-properties for ACPI-enumerated I2C-attached
|
||
touchscreen, to e.g. fix coordinates of upside-down
|
||
mounted touchscreens. If you need this option please
|
||
submit a drivers/platform/x86/touchscreen_dmi.c patch
|
||
adding a DMI quirk for this.
|
||
|
||
Format:
|
||
<ACPI_HW_ID>:<prop_name>=<val>[:prop_name=val][:...]
|
||
Where <val> is one of:
|
||
Omit "=<val>" entirely Set a boolean device-property
|
||
Unsigned number Set a u32 device-property
|
||
Anything else Set a string device-property
|
||
|
||
Examples (split over multiple lines):
|
||
i2c_touchscreen_props=GDIX1001:touchscreen-inverted-x:
|
||
touchscreen-inverted-y
|
||
|
||
i2c_touchscreen_props=MSSL1680:touchscreen-size-x=1920:
|
||
touchscreen-size-y=1080:touchscreen-inverted-y:
|
||
firmware-name=gsl1680-vendor-model.fw:silead,home-button
|
||
|
||
i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
|
||
i8042.unmask_kbd_data
|
||
[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
|
||
(disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
|
||
requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
|
||
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
|
||
i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
|
||
keyboard and cannot control its state
|
||
(Don't attempt to blink the leds)
|
||
i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
|
||
i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
|
||
i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
|
||
for the AUX port
|
||
i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
|
||
controller
|
||
i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
|
||
controllers
|
||
i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
|
||
i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
|
||
suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
|
||
transitions, or never reset
|
||
Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
|
||
1, Y, y: always reset controller
|
||
0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
|
||
Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
|
||
architectures force reset to be always executed
|
||
i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
|
||
i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
|
||
i8042.probe_defer
|
||
[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
|
||
|
||
i810= [HW,DRM]
|
||
|
||
i915.invert_brightness=
|
||
[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
|
||
set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
|
||
brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
|
||
and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
|
||
to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
|
||
(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
|
||
is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
|
||
to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
|
||
value switches the backlight off.
|
||
-1 -- never invert brightness
|
||
0 -- machine default
|
||
1 -- force brightness inversion
|
||
|
||
ia32_emulation= [X86-64]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
|
||
syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
|
||
boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
|
||
|
||
icn= [HW,ISDN]
|
||
Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
|
||
|
||
|
||
idle= [X86,EARLY]
|
||
Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
|
||
Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
|
||
improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
|
||
will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
|
||
Not recommended.
|
||
idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
|
||
In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
|
||
idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
|
||
|
||
idxd.sva= [HW]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
|
||
support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
|
||
true (1).
|
||
|
||
idxd.tc_override= [HW]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Allow override of default traffic class configuration
|
||
for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
|
||
|
||
ieee754= [MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
|
||
Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed | emulated }
|
||
Default: strict
|
||
|
||
Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
|
||
based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
|
||
the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
|
||
of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
|
||
binary. Hardware implementations are permitted to
|
||
support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
|
||
encoding mode.
|
||
|
||
Available settings are as follows:
|
||
strict accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
|
||
supported by the FPU
|
||
legacy only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
|
||
by the FPU
|
||
2008 only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
|
||
by the FPU
|
||
relaxed accept any binaries regardless of whether
|
||
supported by the FPU
|
||
emulated accept any binaries but enable FPU emulator
|
||
if binary mode is unsupported by the FPU.
|
||
|
||
The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
|
||
encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
|
||
been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
|
||
'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
|
||
'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
|
||
2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
|
||
legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
|
||
MIPS64 CPUs.
|
||
|
||
The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
|
||
mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
|
||
except where unsupported by hardware.
|
||
|
||
ignore_loglevel [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
|
||
kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
|
||
We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
|
||
could change it dynamically, usually by
|
||
/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
|
||
|
||
ignore_rlimit_data
|
||
Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
|
||
print warning at first misuse. Can be changed via
|
||
/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
|
||
|
||
ihash_entries= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
|
||
|
||
ima_appraise= [IMA] appraise integrity measurements
|
||
Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
|
||
default: "enforce"
|
||
|
||
ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead.
|
||
The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
|
||
owned by uid=0.
|
||
|
||
ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
|
||
Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
|
||
measurements, instead of host native format.
|
||
|
||
ima_hash= [IMA]
|
||
Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
|
||
| sha512 | ... }
|
||
default: "sha1"
|
||
|
||
The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
|
||
in crypto/hash_info.h.
|
||
|
||
ima_policy= [IMA]
|
||
The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
|
||
Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
|
||
fail_securely | critical_data"
|
||
|
||
The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
|
||
mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
|
||
mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
|
||
uid=0.
|
||
|
||
The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
|
||
all files owned by root.
|
||
|
||
The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
|
||
of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
|
||
firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
|
||
|
||
The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
|
||
verification failure also on privileged mounted
|
||
filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
|
||
flag.
|
||
|
||
The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
|
||
critical data.
|
||
|
||
ima_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead.
|
||
Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
|
||
Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all
|
||
programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
|
||
opened for read by uid=0.
|
||
|
||
ima_template= [IMA]
|
||
Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
|
||
Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
|
||
"ima-sigv2" }
|
||
Default: "ima-ng"
|
||
|
||
ima_template_fmt=
|
||
[IMA] Define a custom template format.
|
||
Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
|
||
|
||
ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
|
||
Format: <min_file_size>
|
||
Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
|
||
If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
|
||
|
||
ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
|
||
different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
|
||
to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
|
||
|
||
ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
|
||
Format: <bufsize>
|
||
Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
|
||
|
||
ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
|
||
different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
|
||
to achieve best performance for particular HW.
|
||
|
||
init= [KNL]
|
||
Format: <full_path>
|
||
Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
|
||
process.
|
||
|
||
initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful
|
||
for working out where the kernel is dying during
|
||
startup.
|
||
|
||
initcall_blacklist= [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
|
||
initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in
|
||
modules and initcalls.
|
||
|
||
initramfs_async= [KNL]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Default: 1
|
||
This parameter controls whether the initramfs
|
||
image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
|
||
with devices being probed and
|
||
initialized. This should normally just work,
|
||
but as a debugging aid, one can get the
|
||
historical behaviour of the initramfs
|
||
unpacking being completed before device_ and
|
||
late_ initcalls.
|
||
|
||
initrd= [BOOT,EARLY] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
|
||
|
||
initrdmem= [KNL,EARLY] Specify a physical address and size from which to
|
||
load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
|
||
specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
|
||
setting.
|
||
Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
|
||
Default is 0, 0
|
||
|
||
init_on_alloc= [MM,EARLY] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
|
||
zeroes.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
|
||
|
||
init_on_free= [MM,EARLY] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
|
||
|
||
init_pkru= [X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
|
||
register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by
|
||
default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can
|
||
override in debugfs after boot.
|
||
|
||
inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
|
||
Format: <irq>
|
||
|
||
int_pln_enable [X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
|
||
|
||
integrity_audit=[IMA]
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
|
||
1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
|
||
|
||
intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
|
||
on
|
||
Enable intel iommu driver.
|
||
off
|
||
Disable intel iommu driver.
|
||
igfx_off [Default Off]
|
||
By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
|
||
device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
|
||
bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
|
||
this case, gfx device will use physical address for
|
||
DMA.
|
||
strict [Default Off]
|
||
Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
|
||
sp_off [Default Off]
|
||
By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
|
||
has the capability. With this option, super page will
|
||
not be supported.
|
||
sm_on
|
||
Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
|
||
advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
|
||
translation.
|
||
sm_off
|
||
Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
|
||
tboot_noforce [Default Off]
|
||
Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
|
||
By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
|
||
could harm performance of some high-throughput
|
||
devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
|
||
mapping is enabled.
|
||
Note that using this option lowers the security
|
||
provided by tboot because it makes the system
|
||
vulnerable to DMA attacks.
|
||
|
||
intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
|
||
0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
|
||
1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state.
|
||
|
||
intel_pstate= [X86,EARLY]
|
||
disable
|
||
Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
|
||
scaling driver for the supported processors
|
||
active
|
||
Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
|
||
governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
|
||
algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
|
||
P-state selection algorithms provided by
|
||
intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
|
||
performance. The way they both operate depends
|
||
on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
|
||
(HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
|
||
and possibly on the processor model.
|
||
passive
|
||
Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
|
||
to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
|
||
enabling its internal governor). This mode cannot be
|
||
used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
|
||
feature.
|
||
force
|
||
Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
|
||
in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
|
||
instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
|
||
as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
|
||
P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
|
||
should be used with caution. This option does not work with
|
||
processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
|
||
or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
|
||
no_hwp
|
||
Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
|
||
if available.
|
||
hwp_only
|
||
Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
|
||
hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
|
||
support_acpi_ppc
|
||
Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
|
||
Description Table, specifies preferred power management
|
||
profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
|
||
then this feature is turned on by default.
|
||
per_cpu_perf_limits
|
||
Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
|
||
cpufreq sysfs interface
|
||
|
||
intremap= [X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY]
|
||
on enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
|
||
off disable Interrupt Remapping
|
||
nosid disable Source ID checking
|
||
no_x2apic_optout
|
||
BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
|
||
nopost disable Interrupt Posting
|
||
posted_msi
|
||
enable MSIs delivered as posted interrupts
|
||
|
||
iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
|
||
strict regions from userspace.
|
||
relaxed
|
||
|
||
iommu= [X86,EARLY]
|
||
off
|
||
force
|
||
noforce
|
||
biomerge
|
||
panic
|
||
nopanic
|
||
merge
|
||
nomerge
|
||
soft
|
||
pt [X86]
|
||
nopt [X86]
|
||
nobypass [PPC/POWERNV]
|
||
Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
|
||
|
||
iommu.forcedac= [ARM64,X86,EARLY] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
|
||
falling back to the full range if needed.
|
||
1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
|
||
forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
|
||
greater than 32-bit addressing.
|
||
|
||
iommu.strict= [ARM64,X86,S390,EARLY] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
0 - Lazy mode.
|
||
Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
|
||
invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
|
||
throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
|
||
Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
|
||
the relevant IOMMU driver.
|
||
1 - Strict mode.
|
||
DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
|
||
synchronously.
|
||
unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
|
||
Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
|
||
legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
|
||
|
||
iommu.passthrough=
|
||
[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
|
||
1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
|
||
unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
|
||
|
||
io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
|
||
See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
|
||
arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
|
||
|
||
io_delay= [X86,EARLY] I/O delay method
|
||
0x80
|
||
Standard port 0x80 based delay
|
||
0xed
|
||
Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
|
||
udelay
|
||
Simple two microseconds delay
|
||
none
|
||
No delay
|
||
|
||
ip= [IP_PNP]
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
|
||
|
||
ipcmni_extend [KNL,EARLY] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
|
||
IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
|
||
|
||
ipe.enforce= [IPE]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Determine whether IPE starts in permissive (0) or
|
||
enforce (1) mode. The default is enforce.
|
||
|
||
ipe.success_audit=
|
||
[IPE]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Start IPE with success auditing enabled, emitting
|
||
an audit event when a binary is allowed. The default
|
||
is 0.
|
||
|
||
irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
|
||
The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
|
||
|
||
irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
|
||
[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
|
||
of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
|
||
exposed by the device tree is too small.
|
||
|
||
irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
|
||
[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
|
||
Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
|
||
LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
|
||
that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
|
||
to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
|
||
LPIs.
|
||
|
||
irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64,EARLY]
|
||
Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
|
||
requires the kernel to be built with
|
||
CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
|
||
|
||
irqfixup [HW]
|
||
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
|
||
for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
|
||
firmware running.
|
||
|
||
irqpoll [HW]
|
||
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
|
||
for it. Also check all handlers each timer
|
||
interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
|
||
firmware running.
|
||
|
||
isapnp= [ISAPNP]
|
||
Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
|
||
|
||
isolcpus= [KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
|
||
[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
|
||
Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
|
||
|
||
Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
|
||
specified in the flag list (default: domain):
|
||
|
||
nohz
|
||
Disable the tick when a single task runs.
|
||
|
||
A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
|
||
need to affine to housekeeping through the global
|
||
workqueue's affinity configured via the
|
||
/sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
|
||
by using the 'domain' flag described below.
|
||
|
||
NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
|
||
so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
|
||
be configured manually after bootup.
|
||
|
||
domain
|
||
Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
|
||
algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
|
||
is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
|
||
the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
|
||
advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
|
||
balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
|
||
It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
|
||
move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
|
||
|
||
You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
|
||
the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
|
||
<cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
|
||
"number of CPUs in system - 1".
|
||
|
||
managed_irq
|
||
|
||
Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
|
||
which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
|
||
CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
|
||
handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
|
||
the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
|
||
|
||
This isolation is best effort and only effective
|
||
if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
|
||
device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
|
||
CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
|
||
interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
|
||
so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
|
||
cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
|
||
|
||
If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
|
||
CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
|
||
interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
|
||
only delivered when tasks running on those
|
||
isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
|
||
housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
|
||
queues.
|
||
|
||
The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
|
||
|
||
iucv= [HW,NET]
|
||
|
||
ivrs_ioapic [HW,X86-64]
|
||
Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
|
||
mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
|
||
By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
|
||
|
||
For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
|
||
PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
|
||
write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
|
||
|
||
Deprecated formats:
|
||
* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
|
||
write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
|
||
* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
|
||
PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
|
||
|
||
ivrs_hpet [HW,X86-64]
|
||
Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
|
||
mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
|
||
By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
|
||
|
||
For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
|
||
PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
|
||
write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
|
||
|
||
Deprecated formats:
|
||
* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
|
||
write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
|
||
* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
|
||
PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
|
||
|
||
ivrs_acpihid [HW,X86-64]
|
||
Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
|
||
mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
|
||
By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
|
||
|
||
For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
|
||
PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
|
||
write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
|
||
|
||
Deprecated formats:
|
||
* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
|
||
PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
|
||
* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
|
||
PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
|
||
ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
|
||
|
||
js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
|
||
See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
|
||
|
||
kasan_multi_shot
|
||
[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
|
||
report on every invalid memory access. Without this
|
||
parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
|
||
invalid access.
|
||
|
||
keep_bootcon [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
|
||
useful for debugging when something happens in the window
|
||
between unregistering the boot console and initializing
|
||
the real console.
|
||
|
||
keepinitrd [HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
|
||
|
||
kernelcore= [KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
|
||
This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
|
||
the kernel for non-movable allocations. The requested
|
||
amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
|
||
system as ZONE_NORMAL. The remaining memory is used for
|
||
movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE. In the
|
||
event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
|
||
ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
|
||
other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
|
||
|
||
ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
|
||
may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
|
||
subsystem. Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
|
||
still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
|
||
zone if it does not.
|
||
|
||
It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
|
||
the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
|
||
memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror". If "mirror"
|
||
option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
|
||
for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
|
||
for Movable pages. "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
|
||
are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
|
||
|
||
kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
|
||
Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
|
||
The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
|
||
port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is
|
||
optional and is the number seconds in between
|
||
each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
|
||
the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
|
||
gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When
|
||
not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
|
||
the kernel debugger.
|
||
|
||
kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
|
||
Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
|
||
or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
|
||
Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
|
||
keyboard only format: kbd
|
||
keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
|
||
Optional Kernel mode setting:
|
||
kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
|
||
kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
|
||
|
||
kgdboc_earlycon= [KGDB,HW,EARLY]
|
||
If the boot console provides the ability to read
|
||
characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
|
||
this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
|
||
until the normal console is registered. Intended to
|
||
be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
|
||
specifies the normal console to transition to.
|
||
|
||
The name of the early console should be specified
|
||
as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
|
||
the early console might be different than the tty
|
||
name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
|
||
blank and the first boot console that implements
|
||
read() will be picked.
|
||
|
||
kgdbwait [KGDB,EARLY] Stop kernel execution and enter the
|
||
kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
|
||
|
||
kmac= [MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
|
||
Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
|
||
Ethernet adapter MAC address.
|
||
|
||
kmemleak= [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
|
||
Valid arguments: on, off
|
||
Default: on
|
||
Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
|
||
the default is off.
|
||
|
||
kprobe_event=[probe-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
|
||
The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
|
||
definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
|
||
interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
|
||
For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
|
||
arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
|
||
|
||
kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
|
||
|
||
See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
|
||
Boot Parameter" section.
|
||
|
||
kpti= [ARM64,EARLY] Control page table isolation of
|
||
user and kernel address spaces.
|
||
Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
|
||
0: force disabled
|
||
1: force enabled
|
||
|
||
kunit.enable= [KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
|
||
CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
|
||
default value can be overridden via
|
||
KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
|
||
Default is 1 (enabled)
|
||
|
||
kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
|
||
Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
|
||
|
||
kvm.eager_page_split=
|
||
[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
|
||
proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
|
||
Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
|
||
execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
|
||
and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
|
||
required to split huge pages lazily.
|
||
|
||
VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
|
||
only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
|
||
disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
|
||
still be used for reads.
|
||
|
||
The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
|
||
KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
|
||
disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
|
||
split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
|
||
enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
|
||
the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
|
||
cleared.
|
||
|
||
Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
|
||
|
||
Default is Y (on).
|
||
|
||
kvm.enable_virt_at_load=[KVM,ARM64,LOONGARCH,MIPS,RISCV,X86]
|
||
If enabled, KVM will enable virtualization in hardware
|
||
when KVM is loaded, and disable virtualization when KVM
|
||
is unloaded (if KVM is built as a module).
|
||
|
||
If disabled, KVM will dynamically enable and disable
|
||
virtualization on-demand when creating and destroying
|
||
VMs, i.e. on the 0=>1 and 1=>0 transitions of the
|
||
number of VMs.
|
||
|
||
Enabling virtualization at module lode avoids potential
|
||
latency for creation of the 0=>1 VM, as KVM serializes
|
||
virtualization enabling across all online CPUs. The
|
||
"cost" of enabling virtualization when KVM is loaded,
|
||
is that doing so may interfere with using out-of-tree
|
||
hypervisors that want to "own" virtualization hardware.
|
||
|
||
kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
|
||
Default is false (don't support).
|
||
|
||
kvm.nx_huge_pages=
|
||
[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
|
||
X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
|
||
force : Always deploy workaround.
|
||
off : Never deploy workaround.
|
||
auto : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
|
||
X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
|
||
|
||
Default is 'auto'.
|
||
|
||
If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
|
||
guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
|
||
|
||
kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
|
||
[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
|
||
back to huge pages. 0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
|
||
the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
|
||
period (see below). The default is 60.
|
||
|
||
kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
|
||
[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
|
||
back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
|
||
zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
|
||
If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
|
||
on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
|
||
|
||
kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
|
||
KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
|
||
|
||
kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
|
||
a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
|
||
(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
|
||
for NPT.
|
||
|
||
kvm-arm.mode=
|
||
[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of
|
||
operation.
|
||
|
||
none: Forcefully disable KVM.
|
||
|
||
nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
|
||
protected guests.
|
||
|
||
protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
|
||
state is kept private from the host.
|
||
|
||
nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
|
||
virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
|
||
hardware.
|
||
|
||
Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
|
||
mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
|
||
for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
|
||
used with extreme caution.
|
||
|
||
kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
|
||
[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
|
||
system registers
|
||
|
||
kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
|
||
[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
|
||
system registers
|
||
|
||
kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
|
||
[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
|
||
system registers
|
||
|
||
kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
|
||
[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Allow use of GICv4 for direct
|
||
injection of LPIs.
|
||
|
||
kvm-arm.wfe_trap_policy=
|
||
[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFE instruction trap for
|
||
KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
|
||
CPU architecture.
|
||
|
||
trap: set WFE instruction trap
|
||
|
||
notrap: clear WFE instruction trap
|
||
|
||
kvm-arm.wfi_trap_policy=
|
||
[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFI instruction trap for
|
||
KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
|
||
CPU architecture.
|
||
|
||
trap: set WFI instruction trap
|
||
|
||
notrap: clear WFI instruction trap
|
||
|
||
kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
|
||
contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
|
||
allocation.
|
||
By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
Default: 5
|
||
|
||
kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
|
||
a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
|
||
(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
|
||
for EPT.
|
||
|
||
kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
|
||
[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
|
||
state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
|
||
as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
|
||
guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
|
||
as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
|
||
Default is 1 (enabled).
|
||
|
||
kvm-intel.flexpriority=
|
||
[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
|
||
(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
|
||
hardware lacks support for it.
|
||
|
||
kvm-intel.nested=
|
||
[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
|
||
KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
|
||
|
||
kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
|
||
[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
|
||
feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
|
||
is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
|
||
hardware lacks support for it.
|
||
|
||
kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
|
||
CVE-2018-3620.
|
||
|
||
Valid arguments: never, cond, always
|
||
|
||
always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
|
||
cond: Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
|
||
VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
|
||
never: Disables the mitigation
|
||
|
||
Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
|
||
|
||
kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
|
||
Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
|
||
(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
|
||
for it.
|
||
|
||
l1d_flush= [X86,INTEL,EARLY]
|
||
Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
|
||
|
||
Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
|
||
internal buffers which can forward information to a
|
||
disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
|
||
|
||
In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
|
||
forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
|
||
attack, to access data to which the attacker does
|
||
not have direct access.
|
||
|
||
This parameter controls the mitigation. The
|
||
options are:
|
||
|
||
on - enable the interface for the mitigation
|
||
|
||
l1tf= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
|
||
affected CPUs
|
||
|
||
The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
|
||
enabled and cannot be disabled.
|
||
|
||
full
|
||
Provides all available mitigations for the
|
||
L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
|
||
enables all mitigations in the
|
||
hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
|
||
|
||
SMT control and L1D flush control via the
|
||
sysfs interface is still possible after
|
||
boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
|
||
when the first VM is started in a
|
||
potentially insecure configuration,
|
||
i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
|
||
|
||
full,force
|
||
Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
|
||
flush runtime control. Implies the
|
||
'nosmt=force' command line option.
|
||
(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
|
||
|
||
flush
|
||
Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
|
||
hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
|
||
L1D flush.
|
||
|
||
SMT control and L1D flush control via the
|
||
sysfs interface is still possible after
|
||
boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
|
||
when the first VM is started in a
|
||
potentially insecure configuration,
|
||
i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
|
||
|
||
flush,nosmt
|
||
|
||
Disables SMT and enables the default
|
||
hypervisor mitigation.
|
||
|
||
SMT control and L1D flush control via the
|
||
sysfs interface is still possible after
|
||
boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
|
||
when the first VM is started in a
|
||
potentially insecure configuration,
|
||
i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
|
||
|
||
flush,nowarn
|
||
Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
|
||
warn when a VM is started in a potentially
|
||
insecure configuration.
|
||
|
||
off
|
||
Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
|
||
emit any warnings.
|
||
It also drops the swap size and available
|
||
RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
|
||
bare metal.
|
||
|
||
Default is 'flush'.
|
||
|
||
For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
|
||
|
||
l2cr= [PPC]
|
||
|
||
l3cr= [PPC]
|
||
|
||
lapic [X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
|
||
disabled it.
|
||
|
||
lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
|
||
value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
|
||
back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
|
||
Format: notscdeadline
|
||
|
||
lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC,EARLY] trust the local apic timer
|
||
in C2 power state.
|
||
|
||
libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control
|
||
libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
|
||
libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
|
||
libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
|
||
libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only
|
||
Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
|
||
for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
|
||
|
||
libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
|
||
libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default)
|
||
libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk
|
||
|
||
libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
|
||
when set.
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
|
||
libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is a comma-
|
||
separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
|
||
PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
|
||
or device. Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
|
||
printed on console by libata. If the whole ID part is
|
||
omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used. If
|
||
ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
|
||
to all ports, links and devices.
|
||
|
||
If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
|
||
the port and all links and devices behind it. DEVICE
|
||
number of 0 either selects the first device or the
|
||
first fan-out link behind PMP device. It does not
|
||
select the host link. DEVICE number of 15 selects the
|
||
host link and device attached to it.
|
||
|
||
The VAL specifies the configuration to force. As long
|
||
as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
|
||
For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
|
||
The following configurations can be forced.
|
||
|
||
* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
|
||
Any ID with matching PORT is used.
|
||
|
||
* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
|
||
|
||
* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
|
||
udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
|
||
allowed.
|
||
|
||
* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
|
||
resets.
|
||
|
||
* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
|
||
link recovery.
|
||
|
||
* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
|
||
before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
|
||
detection.
|
||
|
||
* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
|
||
|
||
* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
|
||
|
||
* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
|
||
|
||
* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
|
||
|
||
* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
|
||
|
||
* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
|
||
|
||
* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
|
||
|
||
* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
|
||
|
||
* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
|
||
commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
|
||
|
||
* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
|
||
READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
|
||
|
||
* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
|
||
identify device data log.
|
||
|
||
* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
|
||
purpose log directory.
|
||
|
||
* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
|
||
|
||
* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
|
||
1024 sectors.
|
||
|
||
* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
|
||
65535 sectors.
|
||
|
||
* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
|
||
|
||
* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
|
||
should be skipped.
|
||
|
||
* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
|
||
support for devices supporting this feature.
|
||
|
||
* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
|
||
|
||
* disable: Disable this device.
|
||
|
||
If there are multiple matching configurations changing
|
||
the same attribute, the last one is used.
|
||
|
||
load_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated]
|
||
|
||
lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
|
||
lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port.
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
|
||
lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value.
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
|
||
lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port.
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
|
||
lockdown= [SECURITY,EARLY]
|
||
{ integrity | confidentiality }
|
||
Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
|
||
integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
|
||
modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
|
||
confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
|
||
to extract confidential information from the kernel
|
||
are also disabled.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
|
||
Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
|
||
acquisition. Acquisitions exceeding this limit
|
||
will result in a splat once they do complete.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
|
||
to be bound.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
|
||
to be bound.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
|
||
chains to set up. These are used to ensure that
|
||
there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
|
||
in progress at any given time. Defaults to 0,
|
||
which disables these call_rcu() chains.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
|
||
occasional long-duration lock hold time. Defaults
|
||
to 100 milliseconds. Select 0 to disable.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
|
||
locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
|
||
(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS). Specify zero to disable.
|
||
Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
|
||
of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
|
||
Defaults to being automatically set based on the
|
||
number of online CPUs.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
|
||
zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
|
||
Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
|
||
boosting. Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
|
||
only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
|
||
Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
|
||
odd choice, but which should be harmless for
|
||
non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
|
||
of preemption. Note that non-realtime mutexes
|
||
disable boosting.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
|
||
Number that determines how often and for how
|
||
long priority boosting is exercised. This is
|
||
scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
|
||
number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
|
||
constant as the number of writers increases.
|
||
On the other hand, the duration of each boost
|
||
increases with the number of writers.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies). Shuffling
|
||
tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
|
||
mode during the locktorture test.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
|
||
Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
|
||
is useful for hands-off automated testing.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
|
||
Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
|
||
specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
|
||
five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
|
||
This tests the locking primitive's ability to
|
||
transition abruptly to and from idle.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the locking implementation to test.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
|
||
Enable additional printk() statements.
|
||
|
||
locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
|
||
Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
|
||
sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
|
||
|
||
logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
|
||
Format: <irq>
|
||
|
||
loglevel= [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
|
||
console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
|
||
also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
|
||
loglevels are defined as follows:
|
||
|
||
0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable
|
||
1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately
|
||
2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions
|
||
3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions
|
||
4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions
|
||
5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition
|
||
6 (KERN_INFO) informational
|
||
7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages
|
||
|
||
log_buf_len=n[KMG] [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
|
||
n must be a power of two and greater than the
|
||
minimal size. The minimal size is defined by
|
||
LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There
|
||
is also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config
|
||
parameter that allows to increase the default size
|
||
depending on the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig
|
||
for more details.
|
||
|
||
logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
|
||
This may be used to provide more screen space for
|
||
kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
|
||
kernel boot problems.
|
||
|
||
lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
|
||
lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
|
||
lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
|
||
lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
|
||
specified in addition to the ports) causes
|
||
attached printers to be reset. Using
|
||
lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
|
||
to associate lp devices with, starting with
|
||
lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
|
||
that lp device, or a parport name such as
|
||
'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
|
||
port specification list means that device IDs
|
||
from each port should be examined, to see if
|
||
an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
|
||
so, the driver will manage that printer.
|
||
See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
|
||
|
||
lpj=n [KNL]
|
||
Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
|
||
time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
|
||
CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
|
||
the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
|
||
autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
|
||
on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
|
||
which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
|
||
significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
|
||
will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
|
||
unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
|
||
unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
|
||
hardware.
|
||
|
||
lsm.debug [SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
|
||
|
||
lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
|
||
[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
|
||
overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
|
||
|
||
machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
|
||
different yeeloong laptops.
|
||
Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
|
||
|
||
maxcpus= [SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
|
||
will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
|
||
the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
|
||
bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
|
||
"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
|
||
only takes effect during system bootup.
|
||
While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
|
||
which also disables the IO APIC.
|
||
|
||
max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
|
||
(loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
|
||
number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
|
||
of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
|
||
devices can be requested on-demand with the
|
||
/dev/loop-control interface.
|
||
|
||
mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
|
||
|
||
mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
|
||
|
||
md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
|
||
|
||
mdacon= [MDA]
|
||
Format: <first>,<last>
|
||
Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
|
||
|
||
mds= [X86,INTEL,EARLY]
|
||
Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
|
||
Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
|
||
|
||
Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
|
||
internal buffers which can forward information to a
|
||
disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
|
||
|
||
In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
|
||
forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
|
||
attack, to access data to which the attacker does
|
||
not have direct access.
|
||
|
||
This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
|
||
options are:
|
||
|
||
full - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
|
||
full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
|
||
SMT on vulnerable CPUs
|
||
off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
|
||
|
||
On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
|
||
an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
|
||
mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
|
||
this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
|
||
too.
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
|
||
mds=full.
|
||
|
||
For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
|
||
|
||
mem=nn[KMG] [HEXAGON,EARLY] Set the memory size.
|
||
Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
|
||
|
||
mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Force usage of a specific amount
|
||
of memory Amount of memory to be used in cases
|
||
as follows:
|
||
|
||
1 for test;
|
||
2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
|
||
3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
|
||
the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
|
||
4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
|
||
|
||
[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
|
||
high memory is not affected.
|
||
|
||
[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
|
||
mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
|
||
|
||
[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
|
||
with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
|
||
Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
|
||
belonging to unused RAM.
|
||
|
||
Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
|
||
in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
|
||
if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
|
||
|
||
mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
|
||
[ARM,MIPS,EARLY] - override the memory layout
|
||
reported by firmware.
|
||
Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
|
||
ss[KMG].
|
||
Multiple different regions can be specified with
|
||
multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
|
||
|
||
mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
|
||
memory.
|
||
|
||
memblock=debug [KNL,EARLY] Enable memblock debug messages.
|
||
|
||
memchunk=nn[KMG]
|
||
[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
|
||
per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
|
||
|
||
memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
|
||
[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
|
||
onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
|
||
set according to the
|
||
CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
|
||
option.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
|
||
|
||
memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86,EARLY] Enable setting of an exact
|
||
E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
|
||
Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
|
||
BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
|
||
option description.
|
||
|
||
memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
|
||
[KNL, X86,MIPS,XTENSA,EARLY] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
|
||
Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
|
||
If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
|
||
which limits max address to nn[KMG].
|
||
Multiple different regions can be specified,
|
||
comma delimited.
|
||
Example:
|
||
memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
|
||
|
||
memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
|
||
[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
|
||
Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
|
||
|
||
memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
|
||
[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as reserved.
|
||
Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
|
||
Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
|
||
memmap=64K$0x18690000
|
||
or
|
||
memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
|
||
Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
|
||
like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
|
||
will be eaten.
|
||
|
||
memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG,EARLY]
|
||
[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
|
||
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
|
||
The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
|
||
and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
|
||
|
||
memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
|
||
[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Convert memory within the specified region
|
||
from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
|
||
out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
|
||
even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
|
||
out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
|
||
specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
|
||
3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
|
||
|
||
memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86,EARLY]
|
||
Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
|
||
memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
|
||
Setting this option will scan the memory
|
||
looking for corruption. Enabling this will
|
||
both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
|
||
from using the memory being corrupted.
|
||
However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
|
||
repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
|
||
affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
|
||
to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
|
||
|
||
memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86,EARLY]
|
||
By default it checks for corruption in the low
|
||
64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
|
||
use. Use this parameter to scan for
|
||
corruption in more or less memory.
|
||
|
||
memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86,EARLY]
|
||
By default it checks for corruption every 60
|
||
seconds. Use this parameter to check at some
|
||
other rate. 0 disables periodic checking.
|
||
|
||
memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
|
||
[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
|
||
Format: {on | off (default)}
|
||
When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
|
||
allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
|
||
those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
|
||
if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
|
||
hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
|
||
lot of memory without requiring additional
|
||
memory to do so.
|
||
This feature is disabled by default because it
|
||
has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
|
||
allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
|
||
memory blocks).
|
||
The state of the flag can be read in
|
||
/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
|
||
Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
|
||
the feature is not effective.
|
||
|
||
memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
default : 0 <disable>
|
||
Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
|
||
performed. Each pass selects another test
|
||
pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
|
||
fills the memory with this pattern, validates
|
||
memory contents and reserves bad memory
|
||
regions that are detected.
|
||
|
||
mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
|
||
Valid arguments: on, off
|
||
Default: off
|
||
mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME
|
||
mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME
|
||
|
||
Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
|
||
for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
|
||
|
||
mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
|
||
s2idle - Suspend-To-Idle
|
||
shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
|
||
deep - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
|
||
|
||
mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
|
||
the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
|
||
version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
|
||
problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
|
||
|
||
mga= [HW,DRM]
|
||
|
||
microcode.force_minrev= [X86]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
|
||
enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
|
||
|
||
mini2440= [ARM,HW,KNL]
|
||
Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
|
||
Default: "0tb"
|
||
MINI2440 configuration specification:
|
||
0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
|
||
1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
|
||
2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
|
||
Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
|
||
the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
|
||
unconfigured.
|
||
b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
|
||
linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
|
||
LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
|
||
VGA shield.
|
||
c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
|
||
t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
|
||
touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
|
||
kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
|
||
in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
|
||
https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
|
||
|
||
mitigations=
|
||
[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64,EARLY] Control optional mitigations for
|
||
CPU vulnerabilities. This is a set of curated,
|
||
arch-independent options, each of which is an
|
||
aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
|
||
|
||
Note, "mitigations" is supported if and only if the
|
||
kernel was built with CPU_MITIGATIONS=y.
|
||
|
||
off
|
||
Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This
|
||
improves system performance, but it may also
|
||
expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
|
||
Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
|
||
gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
|
||
kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
|
||
l1tf=off [X86]
|
||
mds=off [X86]
|
||
mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
|
||
no_entry_flush [PPC]
|
||
no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
|
||
nobp=0 [S390]
|
||
nopti [X86,PPC]
|
||
nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
|
||
nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
|
||
nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
|
||
reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86]
|
||
retbleed=off [X86]
|
||
spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
|
||
spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
|
||
spectre_bhi=off [X86]
|
||
spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
|
||
srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
|
||
ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
|
||
tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
|
||
|
||
Exceptions:
|
||
This does not have any effect on
|
||
kvm.nx_huge_pages when
|
||
kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
|
||
|
||
auto (default)
|
||
Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
|
||
enabled, even if it's vulnerable. This is for
|
||
users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
|
||
getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
|
||
have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
|
||
Equivalent to: (default behavior)
|
||
|
||
auto,nosmt
|
||
Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
|
||
if needed. This is for users who always want to
|
||
be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
|
||
Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
|
||
mds=full,nosmt [X86]
|
||
tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
|
||
mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
|
||
retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
|
||
|
||
mminit_loglevel=
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
|
||
parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
|
||
the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
|
||
of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
|
||
log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
|
||
so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
|
||
|
||
mmio_stale_data=
|
||
[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Processor
|
||
MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
|
||
|
||
Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
|
||
vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
|
||
operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
|
||
the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
|
||
Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
|
||
is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
|
||
|
||
This parameter controls the mitigation. The
|
||
options are:
|
||
|
||
full - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
|
||
|
||
full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
|
||
vulnerable CPUs.
|
||
|
||
off - Unconditionally disable mitigation
|
||
|
||
On MDS or TAA affected machines,
|
||
mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
|
||
MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
|
||
mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
|
||
disable this mitigation, you need to specify
|
||
mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
|
||
mmio_stale_data=full.
|
||
|
||
For details see:
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
|
||
|
||
<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
|
||
If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
|
||
specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
|
||
probe on this module. Otherwise, enable/disable
|
||
asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
|
||
<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
|
||
|
||
module.async_probe=<bool>
|
||
[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
|
||
by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
|
||
specific module, use the module specific control that
|
||
is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
|
||
module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
|
||
specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
|
||
the specific module.
|
||
|
||
module.enable_dups_trace
|
||
[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
|
||
this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
|
||
trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
|
||
if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
|
||
will always be issued and this option does nothing.
|
||
module.sig_enforce
|
||
[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
|
||
modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
|
||
Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
|
||
is always true, so this option does nothing.
|
||
|
||
module_blacklist= [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
|
||
modules. Useful for debugging problem modules.
|
||
|
||
mousedev.tap_time=
|
||
[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
|
||
leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
|
||
a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
|
||
touchpads working in absolute mode only).
|
||
Format: <msecs>
|
||
mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
|
||
reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
|
||
mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
|
||
reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
|
||
|
||
movablecore= [KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
|
||
This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
|
||
specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
|
||
allocations. If both kernelcore and movablecore is
|
||
specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
|
||
specified value but may be more. If movablecore on its
|
||
own is specified, the administrator must be careful
|
||
that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
|
||
is not too small.
|
||
|
||
movable_node [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
|
||
NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
|
||
of such nodes will be usable only for movable
|
||
allocations which rules out almost all kernel
|
||
allocations. Use with caution!
|
||
|
||
MTD_Partition= [MTD]
|
||
Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
|
||
|
||
MTD_Region= [MTD] Format:
|
||
<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
|
||
|
||
mtdparts= [MTD]
|
||
See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
|
||
|
||
mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
|
||
[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
|
||
('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
|
||
|
||
mtrr=debug [X86,EARLY]
|
||
Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
|
||
registers at boot time.
|
||
|
||
mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
|
||
used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
|
||
that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
|
||
|
||
mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
|
||
Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
|
||
Default is 1.
|
||
Large value could prevent small alignment from
|
||
using up MTRRs.
|
||
|
||
mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86,EARLY]
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
|
||
Default : 1
|
||
Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
|
||
Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
|
||
|
||
multitce=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
|
||
firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
|
||
at a time.
|
||
|
||
n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
|
||
|
||
netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters
|
||
Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
|
||
Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
|
||
something different and driver-specific.
|
||
This usage is only documented in each driver source
|
||
file if at all.
|
||
|
||
netpoll.carrier_timeout=
|
||
[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
|
||
netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
|
||
waits 4 seconds.
|
||
|
||
nf_conntrack.acct=
|
||
[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
|
||
0 to disable accounting
|
||
1 to enable accounting
|
||
Default value is 0.
|
||
|
||
nfs.cache_getent=
|
||
[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
|
||
to update the NFS client cache entries.
|
||
|
||
nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
|
||
[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
|
||
update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
|
||
|
||
nfs.callback_nr_threads=
|
||
[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
|
||
NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
|
||
requests.
|
||
|
||
nfs.callback_tcpport=
|
||
[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
|
||
channel should listen.
|
||
|
||
nfs.delay_retrans=
|
||
[NFS] specifies the number of times the NFSv4 client
|
||
retries the request before returning an EAGAIN error,
|
||
after a reply of NFS4ERR_DELAY from the server.
|
||
Only applies if the softerr mount option is enabled,
|
||
and the specified value is >= 0.
|
||
|
||
nfs.enable_ino64=
|
||
[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
|
||
If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
|
||
number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
|
||
of returning the full 64-bit number.
|
||
The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
|
||
|
||
nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
|
||
[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
|
||
entries.
|
||
|
||
nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
|
||
[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
|
||
slots the client will assign to the callback
|
||
channel. This determines the maximum number of
|
||
callbacks the client will process in parallel for
|
||
a particular server.
|
||
|
||
nfs.max_session_slots=
|
||
[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
|
||
the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
|
||
This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
|
||
that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
|
||
Note that there is little point in setting this
|
||
value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
|
||
|
||
nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
|
||
[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
|
||
ensures that both the RPC level authentication
|
||
scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
|
||
numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
|
||
'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
|
||
disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
|
||
legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
|
||
Servers that do not support this mode of operation
|
||
will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
|
||
back to using the idmapper.
|
||
To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
|
||
|
||
nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
|
||
[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
|
||
ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
|
||
their nfs_client_id4 string. This is typically a
|
||
UUID that is generated at system install time.
|
||
|
||
nfs.recover_lost_locks=
|
||
[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
|
||
to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
|
||
doing this risks data corruption, since there are
|
||
no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
|
||
after the locks are lost.
|
||
If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
|
||
attempting to recover these locks, then set this
|
||
parameter to '1'.
|
||
The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
|
||
not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
|
||
|
||
nfs.send_implementation_id=
|
||
[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
|
||
information in exchange_id requests.
|
||
If zero, no implementation identification information
|
||
will be sent.
|
||
The default is to send the implementation identification
|
||
information.
|
||
|
||
nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
|
||
[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
|
||
layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
|
||
|
||
Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
|
||
whatever value is the default set by the layout
|
||
driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
|
||
in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
|
||
|
||
nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
|
||
[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
|
||
server-to-server copies for which this server is
|
||
the destination of the copy.
|
||
|
||
nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
|
||
[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
|
||
server will return only numeric uids and gids to
|
||
clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
|
||
and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease
|
||
migration from NFSv2/v3.
|
||
|
||
nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
|
||
[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
|
||
server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
|
||
the source server. It caches the mount in case
|
||
it will be needed again, and discards it if not
|
||
used for the number of milliseconds specified by
|
||
this parameter.
|
||
|
||
nfsaddrs= [NFS] Deprecated. Use ip= instead.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
|
||
|
||
nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
|
||
|
||
nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
|
||
|
||
nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
|
||
Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
|
||
NMI stack-backtrace request.
|
||
|
||
nmi_debug= [KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
|
||
when a NMI is triggered.
|
||
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
|
||
|
||
nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
|
||
Format: [panic,][nopanic,][rNNN,][num]
|
||
Valid num: 0 or 1
|
||
0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
|
||
1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
|
||
rNNN - configure the watchdog with raw perf event 0xNNN
|
||
|
||
When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
|
||
timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
|
||
watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
|
||
To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
|
||
please see 'nowatchdog'.
|
||
This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
|
||
need the box quickly up again.
|
||
|
||
These settings can be accessed at runtime via
|
||
the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
|
||
|
||
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
|
||
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
|
||
is present.
|
||
|
||
no4lvl [RISCV,EARLY] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes.
|
||
Forces kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
|
||
|
||
no5lvl [X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
|
||
kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
|
||
|
||
noalign [KNL,ARM]
|
||
|
||
noapic [SMP,APIC,EARLY] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
|
||
IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
|
||
|
||
noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
|
||
|
||
nocache [ARM,EARLY]
|
||
|
||
no_console_suspend
|
||
[HW] Never suspend the console
|
||
Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
|
||
hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging
|
||
messages can reach various consoles while the rest
|
||
of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
|
||
debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may
|
||
not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
|
||
to work with serial and VGA consoles.
|
||
To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
|
||
console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
|
||
it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
|
||
/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
|
||
turn on/off it dynamically.
|
||
|
||
no_debug_objects
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] Disable object debugging
|
||
|
||
nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
|
||
|
||
noefi [EFI,EARLY] Disable EFI runtime services support.
|
||
|
||
no_entry_flush [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
|
||
|
||
noexec32 [X86-64]
|
||
This affects only 32-bit executables.
|
||
noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
|
||
read doesn't imply executable mappings
|
||
noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
|
||
read implies executable mappings
|
||
|
||
no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The
|
||
only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
|
||
is to be setuid root or executed by root.
|
||
|
||
nofpu [MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
|
||
|
||
nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
|
||
|
||
nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
|
||
register save and restore. The kernel will only save
|
||
legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
|
||
|
||
no_hash_pointers
|
||
[KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
|
||
unhashed. By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
|
||
format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
|
||
by hashing the pointer value. This is a security feature
|
||
that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
|
||
users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
|
||
difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
|
||
compared. However, if this command-line option is
|
||
specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
|
||
value printed. This option should only be specified when
|
||
debugging the kernel. Please do not use on production
|
||
kernels.
|
||
|
||
nohibernate [HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
|
||
|
||
nohlt [ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,RISCV,SH] Forces the kernel to
|
||
busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
|
||
implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
|
||
to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
|
||
sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
|
||
correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
|
||
the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
|
||
useful when using JTAG debugger.
|
||
|
||
nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
|
||
|
||
nohugevmalloc [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
|
||
|
||
nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
|
||
Valid arguments: on, off
|
||
Default: on
|
||
|
||
nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
|
||
The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
|
||
In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
|
||
the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
|
||
whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
|
||
the range to maintain the timekeeping. Any CPUs
|
||
in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
|
||
just as if they had also been called out in the
|
||
rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
|
||
|
||
Note that this argument takes precedence over
|
||
the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
|
||
|
||
noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
|
||
initial RAM disk.
|
||
|
||
nointremap [X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt
|
||
remapping.
|
||
[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
|
||
|
||
noinvpcid [X86,EARLY] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
|
||
|
||
noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
|
||
|
||
noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
|
||
disable unhandled interrupt sources.
|
||
|
||
noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
|
||
|
||
nokaslr [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
|
||
kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
|
||
Layout Randomization).
|
||
|
||
no-kvmapf [X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
|
||
fault handling.
|
||
|
||
no-kvmclock [X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
|
||
|
||
nolapic [X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
|
||
|
||
nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not use the local APIC timer.
|
||
|
||
nomce [X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
|
||
|
||
nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
|
||
Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
|
||
|
||
nomodeset Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
|
||
sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
|
||
for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
|
||
not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
|
||
initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
|
||
be available for use. The respective drivers will not
|
||
perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
|
||
|
||
Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
|
||
|
||
nomodule Disable module load
|
||
|
||
nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
|
||
shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
|
||
irq.
|
||
|
||
nopat [X86,EARLY] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
|
||
pagetables) support.
|
||
|
||
nopcid [X86-64,EARLY] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
|
||
|
||
nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
|
||
in some Intel CPUs.
|
||
|
||
nopti [X86-64,EARLY]
|
||
Equivalent to pti=off
|
||
|
||
nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE,EARLY]
|
||
Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
|
||
as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
|
||
XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
|
||
|
||
nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
|
||
Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
|
||
which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
|
||
contention.
|
||
|
||
norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
|
||
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
|
||
|
||
noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
|
||
with UP alternatives
|
||
|
||
noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
|
||
space.
|
||
|
||
no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback.
|
||
This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
|
||
reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
|
||
|
||
nosgx [X86-64,SGX,EARLY] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
|
||
|
||
nosmap [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
|
||
even if it is supported by processor.
|
||
|
||
nosmep [PPC64s,EARLY]
|
||
Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
|
||
even if it is supported by processor.
|
||
|
||
nosmp [SMP,EARLY] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
|
||
and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0".
|
||
|
||
nosmt [KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390,EARLY] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
|
||
Equivalent to smt=1.
|
||
|
||
[KNL,X86,PPC] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
|
||
nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
|
||
via the sysfs control file.
|
||
|
||
nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
|
||
|
||
nospec_store_bypass_disable
|
||
[HW,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative
|
||
Store Bypass vulnerability
|
||
|
||
nospectre_bhb [ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
|
||
history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
|
||
with this option.
|
||
|
||
nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC,EARLY] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
|
||
(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
|
||
possible in the system.
|
||
|
||
nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC_E500,ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations
|
||
for the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch
|
||
prediction) vulnerability. System may allow data
|
||
leaks with this option.
|
||
|
||
no-steal-acc [X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV,LOONGARCH,EARLY]
|
||
Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time
|
||
is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour
|
||
|
||
nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
|
||
|
||
no_timer_check [X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
|
||
broken timer IRQ sources.
|
||
|
||
no_uaccess_flush
|
||
[PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
|
||
|
||
novmcoredd [KNL,KDUMP]
|
||
Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
|
||
append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
|
||
specified debug info. Drivers can append the data
|
||
without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
|
||
so this may cause significant memory stress. Disabling
|
||
device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
|
||
data will be no longer available. This parameter
|
||
is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
|
||
is set.
|
||
|
||
no-vmw-sched-clock
|
||
[X86,PV_OPS,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized VMware
|
||
scheduler clock and use the default one.
|
||
|
||
nowatchdog [KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
|
||
soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
|
||
|
||
nowb [ARM,EARLY]
|
||
|
||
nox2apic [X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
|
||
|
||
NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
|
||
LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
|
||
IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
|
||
|
||
noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
|
||
and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
|
||
enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
|
||
|
||
noxsaveopt [X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
|
||
register states. The kernel will fall back to use
|
||
xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
|
||
performance of saving the states is degraded because
|
||
xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
|
||
xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
|
||
|
||
noxsaves [X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
|
||
restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
|
||
form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
|
||
xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
|
||
in standard form of xsave area. By using this
|
||
parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
|
||
memory on xsaves enabled systems.
|
||
|
||
nr_cpus= [SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
|
||
could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
|
||
support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
|
||
number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
|
||
runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
|
||
n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
|
||
variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
|
||
hot plugging.
|
||
|
||
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
|
||
|
||
numa=off [KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86, EARLY]
|
||
Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node
|
||
spanning all memory.
|
||
|
||
numa=fake=<size>[MG]
|
||
[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
|
||
If given as a memory unit, fills all system RAM with
|
||
nodes of size interleaved over physical nodes.
|
||
|
||
numa=fake=<N>
|
||
[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
|
||
If given as an integer, fills all system RAM with N
|
||
fake nodes interleaved over physical nodes.
|
||
|
||
numa=fake=<N>U
|
||
[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
|
||
If given as an integer followed by 'U', it will
|
||
divide each physical node into N emulated nodes.
|
||
|
||
numa_balancing= [KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
|
||
NUMA balancing.
|
||
Allowed values are enable and disable
|
||
|
||
numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
|
||
'node', 'default' can be specified
|
||
This can be set from sysctl after boot.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
|
||
|
||
ohci1394_dma=early [HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
|
||
See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
|
||
info.
|
||
|
||
olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
|
||
Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
|
||
command is not properly ACKed, override the length
|
||
of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while
|
||
waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
|
||
interrupts *may* be lost!
|
||
|
||
omap_mux= [OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
|
||
Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
|
||
For example, to override I2C bus2:
|
||
omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
|
||
|
||
onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
|
||
|
||
Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
|
||
|
||
boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
|
||
The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
|
||
lock - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
|
||
Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
|
||
1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
|
||
|
||
oops=panic [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
|
||
process, but there is a small probability of
|
||
deadlocking the machine.
|
||
This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
|
||
Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
|
||
|
||
page_alloc.shuffle=
|
||
[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
|
||
should randomize its free lists. This parameter can be
|
||
used to enable/disable page randomization. The state of
|
||
the flag can be read from sysfs at:
|
||
/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
|
||
This parameter is only available if CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y.
|
||
|
||
page_owner= [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
|
||
Storage of the information about who allocated
|
||
each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
|
||
we can turn it on.
|
||
on: enable the feature
|
||
|
||
page_poison= [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
|
||
poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
|
||
CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
|
||
off: turn off poisoning (default)
|
||
on: turn on poisoning
|
||
|
||
page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
|
||
[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
|
||
reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
|
||
|
||
panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
|
||
timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
|
||
timeout = 0: wait forever
|
||
timeout < 0: reboot immediately
|
||
Format: <timeout>
|
||
|
||
panic_on_taint= [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
|
||
Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
|
||
Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
|
||
that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
|
||
called with any of the flags in this set.
|
||
The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
|
||
prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
|
||
/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
|
||
bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
|
||
extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
|
||
to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
|
||
|
||
panic_on_warn=1 panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump
|
||
on a WARN().
|
||
|
||
panic_print= Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
|
||
User can chose combination of the following bits:
|
||
bit 0: print all tasks info
|
||
bit 1: print system memory info
|
||
bit 2: print timer info
|
||
bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
|
||
bit 4: print ftrace buffer
|
||
bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
|
||
bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
|
||
bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
|
||
*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
|
||
so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
|
||
Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
|
||
bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
|
||
|
||
parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
|
||
connected to, default is 0.
|
||
Format: <parport#>
|
||
parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
|
||
0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
|
||
Format: <mode>
|
||
|
||
parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
|
||
Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
|
||
Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
|
||
IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
|
||
ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
|
||
possible conflicts). You can specify the base
|
||
address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
|
||
should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
|
||
settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
|
||
(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
|
||
Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
|
||
are specified on the command line, starting
|
||
with parport0.
|
||
|
||
parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT]
|
||
Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
|
||
a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
|
||
computer where firmware has no options for setting
|
||
up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
|
||
Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
|
||
Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.all= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
|
||
port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
|
||
has been found at either range. Disabled by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.autospeed= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
|
||
changes. Disabled by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.ht6560a= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
|
||
the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
|
||
Disabled by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.ht6560b= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
|
||
the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
|
||
Disabled by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.iordy_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
IORDY enable mask. Set individual bits to allow IORDY
|
||
for the respective channel. Bit 0 is for the first
|
||
legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
|
||
the second channel, and so on. The sequence will often
|
||
correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
|
||
legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
|
||
bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
|
||
with the sequence. By default IORDY is allowed across
|
||
all channels.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.opti82c46x= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
|
||
channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
|
||
respectively. Disabled by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.opti82c611a= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
|
||
channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
|
||
respectively. Disabled by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
PIO mode mask for autospeed devices. Set individual
|
||
bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
|
||
Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
|
||
All modes allowed by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.probe_all= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
|
||
port ranges on PCI systems. Disabled by default.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.probe_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports. Depending on
|
||
platform configuration and the use of other driver
|
||
options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
|
||
0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
|
||
of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
|
||
corresponding bits in the mask to 1. Bit 0 is for
|
||
the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
|
||
By default all supported ports are probed.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.qdi= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers. By default
|
||
set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
|
||
|
||
pata_legacy.winbond= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers. Use
|
||
the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
|
||
value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
|
||
By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
|
||
0 otherwise.
|
||
|
||
pata_platform.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
Supported PIO mode mask. Set individual bits to allow
|
||
the use of the respective PIO modes. Bit 0 is for
|
||
mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on. Mode 0 only
|
||
allowed by default.
|
||
|
||
pause_on_oops=<int>
|
||
Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
|
||
the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if
|
||
your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
|
||
|
||
pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
|
||
|
||
pci=option[,option...] [PCI,EARLY] various PCI subsystem options.
|
||
|
||
Some options herein operate on a specific device
|
||
or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
|
||
specified in one of the following formats:
|
||
|
||
[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
|
||
pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
|
||
|
||
Note: the first format specifies a PCI
|
||
bus/device/function address which may change
|
||
if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
|
||
firmware changes, or due to changes caused
|
||
by other kernel parameters. If the
|
||
domain is left unspecified, it is
|
||
taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
|
||
to a device through multiple device/function
|
||
addresses can be specified after the base
|
||
address (this is more robust against
|
||
renumbering issues). The second format
|
||
selects devices using IDs from the
|
||
configuration space which may match multiple
|
||
devices in the system.
|
||
|
||
earlydump dump PCI config space before the kernel
|
||
changes anything
|
||
off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
|
||
bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
|
||
the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
|
||
has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
|
||
nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
|
||
hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
|
||
if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
|
||
suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
|
||
conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
|
||
Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
|
||
data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
|
||
conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
|
||
Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
|
||
the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
|
||
bus number. The config space is then accessed
|
||
through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
|
||
See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
|
||
on the configuration access mechanisms.
|
||
noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
|
||
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
|
||
disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
|
||
nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
|
||
root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
|
||
nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
|
||
Configuration
|
||
check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
|
||
properly configured MMIO access to PCI
|
||
config space on AMD family 10h CPU
|
||
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
|
||
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
|
||
disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
|
||
noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
|
||
Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
|
||
should never be necessary.
|
||
ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
|
||
primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
|
||
boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
|
||
when the system masks IRQs.
|
||
noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
|
||
boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
|
||
a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
|
||
The opposite of ioapicreroute.
|
||
biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
|
||
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
|
||
on several machines and they hang the machine
|
||
when used, but on other computers it's the only
|
||
way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
|
||
this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
|
||
IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
|
||
motherboard.
|
||
rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
|
||
Use with caution as certain devices share
|
||
address decoders between ROMs and other
|
||
resources.
|
||
norom [X86] Do not assign address space to
|
||
expansion ROMs that do not already have
|
||
BIOS assigned address ranges.
|
||
nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the
|
||
BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
|
||
irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
|
||
assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
|
||
make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
|
||
this way.
|
||
pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address
|
||
of the PIRQ table (normally generated
|
||
by the BIOS) if it is outside the
|
||
F0000h-100000h range.
|
||
lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
|
||
useful if the kernel is unable to find your
|
||
secondary buses and you want to tell it
|
||
explicitly which ones they are.
|
||
assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus
|
||
numbers ourselves, overriding
|
||
whatever the firmware may have done.
|
||
usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
|
||
in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
|
||
some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
|
||
some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
|
||
notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
|
||
IRQ routing is enabled.
|
||
noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
|
||
or for PCI scanning.
|
||
use_crs [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
|
||
from ACPI. On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
|
||
is enabled by default. If you need to use this,
|
||
please report a bug.
|
||
nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
|
||
If you need to use this, please report a bug.
|
||
use_e820 [X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
|
||
PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
|
||
for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
|
||
If you need to use this, please report a bug to
|
||
<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
|
||
no_e820 [X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
|
||
bridge windows. This is the default on modern
|
||
hardware. If you need to use this, please report
|
||
a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
|
||
routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
|
||
This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
|
||
so this option is a temporary workaround
|
||
for broken drivers that don't call it.
|
||
skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can
|
||
handle more pci cards
|
||
noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
|
||
This might help on some broken boards which
|
||
machine check when some devices' config space
|
||
is read. But various workarounds are disabled
|
||
and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
|
||
bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
|
||
This sorting is done to get a device
|
||
order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
|
||
nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
|
||
pcie_bus_tune_off Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
|
||
tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
|
||
pcie_bus_safe Set every device's MPS to the largest value
|
||
supported by all devices below the root complex.
|
||
pcie_bus_perf Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
|
||
based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
|
||
Read Request Size) to the largest supported
|
||
value (no larger than the MPS that the device
|
||
or bus can support) for best performance.
|
||
pcie_bus_peer2peer Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
|
||
every device is guaranteed to support. This
|
||
configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
|
||
any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
|
||
reduced performance. This also guarantees
|
||
that hot-added devices will work.
|
||
cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
|
||
reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
|
||
The default value is 256 bytes.
|
||
cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
|
||
reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
|
||
window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
|
||
resource_alignment=
|
||
Format:
|
||
[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
|
||
Specifies alignment and device to reassign
|
||
aligned memory resources. How to
|
||
specify the device is described above.
|
||
If <order of align> is not specified,
|
||
PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
|
||
A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
|
||
windows need to be expanded.
|
||
To specify the alignment for several
|
||
instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
|
||
device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
|
||
specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
|
||
for 4096-byte alignment.
|
||
ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
|
||
end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
|
||
OS has native AER control (either granted by
|
||
ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
|
||
bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
|
||
the default.
|
||
off: Turn ECRC off
|
||
on: Turn ECRC on.
|
||
hpiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
|
||
reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
|
||
Default size is 256 bytes.
|
||
hpmmiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
|
||
reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
|
||
Default size is 2 megabytes.
|
||
hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
|
||
reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
|
||
Default size is 2 megabytes.
|
||
hpmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
|
||
reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
|
||
MMIO_PREF window.
|
||
Default size is 2 megabytes.
|
||
hpbussize=nn The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
|
||
reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
|
||
Default is 1.
|
||
realloc= Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
|
||
if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
|
||
accommodate resources required by all child
|
||
devices.
|
||
off: Turn realloc off
|
||
on: Turn realloc on
|
||
realloc same as realloc=on
|
||
noari do not use PCIe ARI.
|
||
noats [PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
|
||
do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
|
||
pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we
|
||
only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
|
||
port.
|
||
big_root_window Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
|
||
root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
|
||
can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
|
||
Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
|
||
conflict with unreported devices), so this
|
||
taints the kernel.
|
||
disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
|
||
Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
|
||
specified above) separated by semicolons.
|
||
Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
|
||
redirect capabilities forced off which will
|
||
allow P2P traffic between devices through
|
||
bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
|
||
this removes isolation between devices and
|
||
may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
|
||
config_acs=
|
||
Format:
|
||
<ACS flags>@<pci_dev>[; ...]
|
||
Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
|
||
specified above) optionally prepended with flags
|
||
and separated by semicolons. The respective
|
||
capabilities will be enabled, disabled or
|
||
unchanged based on what is specified in
|
||
flags.
|
||
|
||
ACS Flags is defined as follows:
|
||
bit-0 : ACS Source Validation
|
||
bit-1 : ACS Translation Blocking
|
||
bit-2 : ACS P2P Request Redirect
|
||
bit-3 : ACS P2P Completion Redirect
|
||
bit-4 : ACS Upstream Forwarding
|
||
bit-5 : ACS P2P Egress Control
|
||
bit-6 : ACS Direct Translated P2P
|
||
Each bit can be marked as:
|
||
'0' – force disabled
|
||
'1' – force enabled
|
||
'x' – unchanged
|
||
For example,
|
||
pci=config_acs=10x
|
||
would configure all devices that support
|
||
ACS to enable P2P Request Redirect, disable
|
||
Translation Blocking, and leave Source
|
||
Validation unchanged from whatever power-up
|
||
or firmware set it to.
|
||
|
||
Note: this may remove isolation between devices
|
||
and may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
|
||
force_floating [S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
|
||
nomio [S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
|
||
norid [S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
|
||
one PCI domain per PCI function
|
||
|
||
pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or ignore PCIe Active State Power
|
||
Management.
|
||
off Don't touch ASPM configuration at all. Leave any
|
||
configuration done by firmware unchanged.
|
||
force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
|
||
WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
|
||
|
||
pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
|
||
native Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
|
||
even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
|
||
use them. This may cause conflicts if the platform
|
||
also tries to use these services.
|
||
dpc-native Use native PCIe service for DPC only. May
|
||
cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
|
||
compat Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
|
||
hotplug).
|
||
|
||
pcie_port_pm= [PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
|
||
off Disable power management of all PCIe ports
|
||
force Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
|
||
|
||
pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
|
||
nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
|
||
all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
|
||
|
||
pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
|
||
|
||
pd_ignore_unused
|
||
[PM]
|
||
Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
|
||
even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
|
||
for debug and development, but should not be
|
||
needed on a platform with proper driver support.
|
||
|
||
pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
|
||
boot time.
|
||
Format: { 0 | 1 }
|
||
See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
|
||
|
||
percpu_alloc= [MM,EARLY]
|
||
Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
|
||
Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
|
||
Archs may support subset or none of the selections.
|
||
See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
|
||
allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging
|
||
and performance comparison.
|
||
|
||
pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
|
||
See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
|
||
|
||
plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
|
||
Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
|
||
See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
|
||
|
||
pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
|
||
Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
|
||
e.g. pmtmr=0x508
|
||
|
||
pmu_override= [PPC] Override the PMU.
|
||
This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
|
||
longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
|
||
PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
|
||
cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
|
||
that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
|
||
remains 0.
|
||
|
||
pm_debug_messages [SUSPEND,KNL]
|
||
Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
|
||
|
||
pnp.debug=1 [PNP]
|
||
Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
|
||
CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option). Change at run-time
|
||
via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug. We always show
|
||
current resource usage; turning this on also shows
|
||
possible settings and some assignment information.
|
||
|
||
pnpacpi= [ACPI]
|
||
{ off }
|
||
|
||
pnpbios= [ISAPNP]
|
||
{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
|
||
|
||
pnp_reserve_irq=
|
||
[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
|
||
|
||
pnp_reserve_dma=
|
||
[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
|
||
|
||
pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
|
||
Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
|
||
|
||
pnp_reserve_mem=
|
||
[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
|
||
autoconfiguration.
|
||
Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
|
||
|
||
ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
|
||
Default is 21.
|
||
Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
|
||
may be specified.
|
||
Format: <port>,<port>....
|
||
|
||
possible_cpus= [SMP,S390,X86]
|
||
Format: <unsigned int>
|
||
Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
|
||
regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
|
||
|
||
powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features.
|
||
It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
|
||
platform machine description specific power_save
|
||
function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
|
||
execution priority.
|
||
|
||
ppc_strict_facility_enable
|
||
[PPC,ENABLE] This option catches any kernel floating point,
|
||
Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
|
||
allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
|
||
There is some performance impact when enabling this.
|
||
|
||
ppc_tm= [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Format: {"off"}
|
||
Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
|
||
|
||
preempt= [KNL]
|
||
Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
|
||
none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
|
||
voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
|
||
full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
|
||
can be preempted anytime. Tasks will also yield
|
||
contended spinlocks (if the critical section isn't
|
||
explicitly preempt disabled beyond the lock itself).
|
||
|
||
print-fatal-signals=
|
||
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
|
||
|
||
If enabled, warn about various signal handling
|
||
related application anomalies: too many signals,
|
||
too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
|
||
coredump - etc.
|
||
|
||
If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
|
||
you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
|
||
|
||
default: off.
|
||
|
||
printk.always_kmsg_dump=
|
||
Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
|
||
panics
|
||
Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
|
||
default: disabled
|
||
|
||
printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
|
||
Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
|
||
or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
|
||
With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
|
||
serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
|
||
in order to provide more debug information.
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
|
||
|
||
printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
|
||
Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
|
||
on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
|
||
off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
|
||
ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
|
||
Default: ratelimit
|
||
|
||
printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
|
||
Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
|
||
|
||
proc_mem.force_override= [KNL]
|
||
Format: {always | ptrace | never}
|
||
Traditionally /proc/pid/mem allows memory permissions to be
|
||
overridden without restrictions. This option may be set to
|
||
restrict that. Can be one of:
|
||
- 'always': traditional behavior always allows mem overrides.
|
||
- 'ptrace': only allow mem overrides for active ptracers.
|
||
- 'never': never allow mem overrides.
|
||
If not specified, default is the CONFIG_PROC_MEM_* choice.
|
||
|
||
processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI]
|
||
Limit processor to maximum C-state
|
||
max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
|
||
|
||
processor.nocst [HW,ACPI]
|
||
Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
|
||
instead using the legacy FADT method
|
||
|
||
profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
|
||
Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
|
||
Param: <profiletype>: "schedule" or "kvm"
|
||
[defaults to kernel profiling]
|
||
Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
|
||
Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
|
||
Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
|
||
statistical time based profiling.
|
||
|
||
prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated]
|
||
|
||
prot_virt= [S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
|
||
isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
|
||
that). If enabled, the default kernel base address
|
||
might be overridden even when Kernel Address Space
|
||
Layout Randomization is disabled.
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
|
||
psi= [KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
|
||
tracking.
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
|
||
psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
|
||
probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
|
||
psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
|
||
per second.
|
||
psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE]
|
||
Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
|
||
(0 = never).
|
||
psmouse.resolution=
|
||
[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
|
||
psmouse.smartscroll=
|
||
[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
|
||
0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
|
||
|
||
pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
|
||
|
||
pti= [X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
|
||
kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature
|
||
removes hardening, but improves performance of
|
||
system calls and interrupts.
|
||
|
||
on - unconditionally enable
|
||
off - unconditionally disable
|
||
auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
|
||
vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
|
||
|
||
pty.legacy_count=
|
||
[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
|
||
default number.
|
||
|
||
quiet [KNL,EARLY] Disable most log messages
|
||
|
||
r128= [HW,DRM]
|
||
|
||
radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES]
|
||
Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
|
||
invalidate.
|
||
|
||
raid= [HW,RAID]
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
|
||
|
||
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
|
||
|
||
ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address
|
||
|
||
random.trust_cpu=off
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
|
||
random number generator (if available) to
|
||
initialize the kernel's RNG.
|
||
|
||
random.trust_bootloader=off
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
|
||
passed by the bootloader (if available) to
|
||
initialize the kernel's RNG.
|
||
|
||
randomize_kstack_offset=
|
||
[KNL,EARLY] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
|
||
randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
|
||
entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
|
||
that depend on stack address determinism or
|
||
cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
|
||
available on architectures that have defined
|
||
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
|
||
Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
|
||
Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
|
||
|
||
ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options
|
||
|
||
cec_disable [X86]
|
||
Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
|
||
see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
|
||
|
||
rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
|
||
[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
|
||
as described above.
|
||
|
||
In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
|
||
enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
|
||
such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
|
||
softirq context. Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
|
||
callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
|
||
kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
|
||
"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
|
||
for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
|
||
"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
|
||
the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
|
||
and real-time workloads. It can also improve
|
||
energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
|
||
|
||
If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
|
||
list of CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
|
||
|
||
Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
|
||
arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
|
||
no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
|
||
toggled at runtime via cpusets.
|
||
|
||
Note that this argument takes precedence over
|
||
the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
|
||
|
||
rcu_nocb_poll [KNL]
|
||
Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
|
||
(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
|
||
awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
|
||
make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
|
||
This improves the real-time response for the
|
||
offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
|
||
wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
|
||
energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
|
||
periodically wake up to do the polling.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.blimit= [KNL]
|
||
Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
|
||
process in one batch.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.csd_lock_suppress_rcu_stall= [KNL]
|
||
Do only a one-line RCU CPU stall warning when
|
||
there is an ongoing too-long CSD-lock wait.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.do_rcu_barrier= [KNL]
|
||
Request a call to rcu_barrier(). This is
|
||
throttled so that userspace tests can safely
|
||
hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
|
||
If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
|
||
is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL]
|
||
Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
|
||
out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic
|
||
purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
|
||
RCU grace-period cleanup.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
|
||
RCU grace-period initialization.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
|
||
RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
|
||
the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
|
||
the rcu_node combining tree.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
|
||
Set delay from grace-period initialization to
|
||
first attempt to force quiescent states.
|
||
Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
|
||
and maximum value is HZ.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
|
||
Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
|
||
quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum
|
||
value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
|
||
Set required age in jiffies for a
|
||
given grace period before RCU starts
|
||
soliciting quiescent-state help from
|
||
rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
|
||
If not specified, the kernel will calculate
|
||
a value based on the most recent settings
|
||
of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
|
||
and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
|
||
This calculated value may be viewed in
|
||
rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs. Any attempt to set
|
||
rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
|
||
overwritten.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.kthread_prio= [KNL,BOOT]
|
||
Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
|
||
kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
|
||
the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
|
||
and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
|
||
rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
|
||
set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
|
||
(the least-favored priority). Otherwise, when
|
||
RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
|
||
the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
|
||
When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
|
||
priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
|
||
On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
|
||
RCU reduces the lock contention that would
|
||
otherwise be caused by callback floods through
|
||
use of the ->nocb_bypass list. However, in the
|
||
common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
|
||
the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
|
||
overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
|
||
But if there are too many callbacks queued during
|
||
a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
|
||
the ->nocb_bypass queue. The definition of "too
|
||
many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay= [KNL]
|
||
On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs, avoid
|
||
disturbing RCU unless the grace period has
|
||
reached the specified age in milliseconds.
|
||
Defaults to zero. Large values will be capped
|
||
at five seconds. All values will be rounded down
|
||
to the nearest value representable by jiffies.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
|
||
Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
|
||
batch limiting is disabled.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
|
||
Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
|
||
batch limiting is re-enabled.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
|
||
Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
|
||
RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
|
||
enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
|
||
help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
|
||
Set to less than zero to make this be set based
|
||
on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
|
||
disable more aggressive help enlistment.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
|
||
Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
|
||
in response to low-memory conditions. The range
|
||
of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
|
||
Set the shift-right count to use to compute
|
||
the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
|
||
the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
|
||
The result will be bounded below by the value of
|
||
the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter. Every bl
|
||
callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
|
||
order to allow the CPU to do other work.
|
||
|
||
Please note that this callback-invocation batch
|
||
limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
|
||
invocation. Offloaded callbacks are instead
|
||
invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
|
||
scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
|
||
Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
|
||
tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might
|
||
possibly be useful for architectures having high
|
||
cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
|
||
Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
|
||
leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very
|
||
large systems, which will choose the value 64,
|
||
and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
|
||
latencies, which will choose a value aligned
|
||
with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
|
||
Minimum number of objects which are cached and
|
||
maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
|
||
to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
|
||
pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
|
||
whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
|
||
condition.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
|
||
each group, which defaults to the square root
|
||
of the number of CPUs. Larger numbers reduce
|
||
the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
|
||
kthread, but increases that same overhead on
|
||
each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
|
||
Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
|
||
wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
|
||
it should at force-quiescent-state time.
|
||
This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
|
||
WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
|
||
Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
|
||
callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
|
||
By default, this limit is checked only once
|
||
every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
|
||
inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
|
||
In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
|
||
this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
|
||
in microseconds. This defaults to zero.
|
||
Larger delays increase the probability of
|
||
catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
|
||
of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
|
||
rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
|
||
Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
|
||
rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
|
||
why a new grace period has not yet started.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.use_softirq= [KNL]
|
||
If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
|
||
per-CPU rcuc kthreads. Defaults to a non-zero
|
||
value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
|
||
Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
|
||
|
||
But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
|
||
this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
|
||
to zero.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL]
|
||
To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after
|
||
delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too
|
||
big.
|
||
|
||
rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp= [KNL]
|
||
Reduces a latency of synchronize_rcu() call. This approach
|
||
maintains its own track of synchronize_rcu() callers, so it
|
||
does not interact with regular callbacks because it does not
|
||
use a call_rcu[_hurry]() path. Please note, this is for a
|
||
normal grace period.
|
||
|
||
How to enable it:
|
||
|
||
echo 1 > /sys/module/rcutree/parameters/rcu_normal_wake_from_gp
|
||
or pass a boot parameter "rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp=1"
|
||
|
||
Default is 0.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
|
||
Measure performance of asynchronous
|
||
grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the maximum number of outstanding
|
||
callbacks per writer thread. When a writer
|
||
thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
|
||
corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
|
||
previously posted callbacks to drain.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
|
||
Measure performance of expedited synchronous
|
||
grace-period primitives.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of
|
||
this parameter is to delay the start of the
|
||
test until boot completes in order to avoid
|
||
interference.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
|
||
In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
|
||
call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
|
||
Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
|
||
allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
|
||
Defaults to 1.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
|
||
Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
|
||
Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
|
||
If this parameter has the same value as
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
|
||
and double-argument variants are tested.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
|
||
Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
|
||
If this parameter has the same value as
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
|
||
and double-argument variants are tested.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
|
||
The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
|
||
Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
|
||
Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
|
||
of allocations and frees.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
|
||
Set the minimum test run time in seconds. This
|
||
does not affect the data-collection interval,
|
||
but instead allows better measurement of things
|
||
like CPU consumption.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
|
||
N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
|
||
"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
|
||
the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N
|
||
(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
|
||
A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
|
||
a single reader.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of RCU writers. The values operate
|
||
the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
|
||
N, where N is the number of CPUs
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the RCU implementation to test.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
|
||
Shut the system down after performance tests
|
||
complete. This is useful for hands-off automated
|
||
testing.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
|
||
Enable additional printk() statements.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
|
||
in microseconds. The default of zero says
|
||
no holdoff.
|
||
|
||
rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
|
||
Additional write-side holdoff between grace
|
||
periods, but in jiffies. The default of zero
|
||
says no holdoff.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
|
||
Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
|
||
in microseconds.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
|
||
in microseconds.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
|
||
Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
|
||
in seconds.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
|
||
Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
|
||
for RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
|
||
for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
|
||
Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
|
||
greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
|
||
of CPUs to be used.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
|
||
period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Number of seconds to wait between successive
|
||
forward-progress tests.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
|
||
Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
|
||
need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
|
||
testing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
|
||
Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
|
||
primitives, if available.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
|
||
Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
|
||
Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
|
||
update-side primitives, if available.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
|
||
Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
|
||
update-side primitives, if available. If all
|
||
of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
|
||
rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
|
||
are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
|
||
they are all non-zero.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
|
||
Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
|
||
accurately, from a timer handler. Not all RCU
|
||
flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
|
||
Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
|
||
This can of course result in splats, and is
|
||
intended to test the ability of things like
|
||
CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
|
||
such leaks.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
|
||
Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just
|
||
stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
|
||
test, hence the "fake".
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
|
||
Zero (the default) disables toggling.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
|
||
Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
|
||
callback-offload toggling attempts.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
|
||
N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
|
||
"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
|
||
the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N
|
||
(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
|
||
Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
|
||
or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
|
||
The number of times in a given read-then-exit
|
||
episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
|
||
is spawned.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
|
||
The delay, in seconds, between successive
|
||
read-then-exit testing episodes.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.reader_flavor= [KNL]
|
||
A bit mask indicating which readers to use.
|
||
If there is more than one bit set, the readers
|
||
are entered from low-order bit up, and are
|
||
exited in the opposite order. For SRCU, the
|
||
0x1 bit is normal readers, 0x2 NMI-safe readers,
|
||
and 0x4 light-weight readers.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks
|
||
allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
|
||
during the rcutorture test.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
|
||
Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
|
||
is useful for hands-off automated testing.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
|
||
Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
|
||
warnings, zero to disable.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
|
||
Sleep while stalling if set. This will result
|
||
in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
|
||
any other stall-related activity. Note that
|
||
in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
|
||
CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
|
||
cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
|
||
Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
|
||
RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
|
||
in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
|
||
|
||
Use of this module parameter results in splats.
|
||
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
|
||
Disable interrupts while stalling if set, but only
|
||
on the first stall in the set.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat= [KNL]
|
||
Number of times to repeat the stall sequence,
|
||
so that rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat=3 will result
|
||
in four stall sequences.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
|
||
Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
|
||
grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
|
||
warnings, zero to disable. If both stall_cpu
|
||
and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
|
||
kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
|
||
Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
|
||
five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
|
||
wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's
|
||
ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
|
||
Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
|
||
"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
|
||
under test support RCU priority boosting.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
|
||
Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Interval (s) between each boost test.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
|
||
Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
|
||
rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the RCU implementation to test.
|
||
|
||
rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
|
||
Enable additional printk() statements.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
|
||
Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
|
||
stall warning.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
|
||
Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
|
||
warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
|
||
option's help text. TL;DR: You almost certainly
|
||
do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
|
||
Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
|
||
Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
|
||
rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
|
||
during early boot, that is, during the time
|
||
before the init task is spawned.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
|
||
Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
|
||
The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
|
||
value is 300 seconds.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
|
||
Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
|
||
messages. The value is in milliseconds
|
||
and the maximum allowed value is 21000
|
||
milliseconds. Please note that this value is
|
||
adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
|
||
Setting this to zero causes the value from
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
|
||
conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
|
||
Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
|
||
interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
|
||
multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
|
||
begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
|
||
Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
|
||
current expedited RCU grace period during an
|
||
expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
|
||
Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
|
||
example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
|
||
of synchronize_rcu(). This reduces latency,
|
||
but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
|
||
real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
|
||
No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
|
||
Use only normal grace-period primitives,
|
||
for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
|
||
synchronize_rcu_expedited(). This improves
|
||
real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
|
||
energy efficiency, but can expose users to
|
||
increased grace-period latency. This parameter
|
||
overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited. No effect on
|
||
CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
|
||
Once boot has completed (that is, after
|
||
rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
|
||
only normal grace-period primitives. No effect
|
||
on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
|
||
|
||
But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
|
||
this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
|
||
it to the value one, that is, converting any
|
||
post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
|
||
period to instead use normal non-expedited
|
||
grace-period processing.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
|
||
Set the maximum number of callbacks present
|
||
at the beginning of a grace period that allows
|
||
the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
|
||
a single callback queue. This switching only
|
||
occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
|
||
set to the default value of -1.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
|
||
Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
|
||
lock-contention events per jiffy required to
|
||
cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
|
||
callback queuing. This switching only occurs
|
||
when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
|
||
the default value of -1.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of callback queues to use for the
|
||
RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors. The default
|
||
of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
|
||
dynamically) adjusted. This parameter is intended
|
||
for use in testing.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
|
||
Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
|
||
avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
|
||
of a given grace period. Setting a large
|
||
number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
|
||
but lengthens grace periods.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
|
||
Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
|
||
cancel laziness on that CPU. Use -1 to disable
|
||
cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
|
||
doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
|
||
callback flooding.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
|
||
Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
|
||
informational messages, which give some indication
|
||
of the problem for those not patient enough to
|
||
wait for ten minutes. Informational messages are
|
||
only printed prior to the stall-warning message
|
||
for a given grace period. Disable with a value
|
||
less than or equal to zero. Defaults to ten
|
||
seconds. A change in value does not take effect
|
||
until the beginning of the next grace period.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
|
||
Multiplier for time interval between successive
|
||
RCU task stall informational messages for a given
|
||
RCU tasks grace period. This value is clamped
|
||
to one through ten, inclusive. It defaults to
|
||
the value three, so that the first informational
|
||
message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
|
||
period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
|
||
160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
|
||
seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
|
||
Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
|
||
warning messages. Disable with a value less
|
||
than or equal to zero. Defaults to ten minutes.
|
||
A change in value does not take effect until
|
||
the beginning of the next grace period.
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
|
||
Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
|
||
callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
|
||
A negative value will take the default. A value
|
||
of zero will disable batching. Batching is
|
||
always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
|
||
Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
|
||
Trace asynchronous callback batching for
|
||
call_rcu_tasks_trace(). A negative value
|
||
will take the default. A value of zero will
|
||
disable batching. Batching is always disabled
|
||
for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
|
||
|
||
rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
|
||
Run the RCU early boot self tests
|
||
|
||
rdinit= [KNL]
|
||
Format: <full_path>
|
||
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
|
||
used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
|
||
|
||
rdrand= [X86,EARLY]
|
||
force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
|
||
advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
|
||
certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
|
||
support, specifically around the suspend/resume
|
||
path).
|
||
|
||
rdt= [HW,X86,RDT]
|
||
Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
|
||
cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
|
||
mba, smba, bmec.
|
||
E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
|
||
rdt=cmt,!mba
|
||
|
||
reboot= [KNL]
|
||
Format (x86 or x86_64):
|
||
[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
|
||
[[,]s[mp]#### \
|
||
[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
|
||
[[,]f[orce]
|
||
Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
|
||
(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
|
||
reboot only),
|
||
reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
|
||
reboot_force is either force or not specified,
|
||
reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
|
||
to be used for rebooting.
|
||
|
||
refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of
|
||
this parameter is to delay the start of the
|
||
test until boot completes in order to avoid
|
||
interference.
|
||
|
||
refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
|
||
Number of data elements to use for the forms of
|
||
SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing. A negative number
|
||
is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
|
||
zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
|
||
|
||
refscale.loops= [KNL]
|
||
Set the number of loops over the synchronization
|
||
primitive under test. Increasing this number
|
||
reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
|
||
but the default has already reduced the per-pass
|
||
noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
|
||
x86 laptops.
|
||
|
||
refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of readers. The default value of -1
|
||
selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
|
||
of CPUs. A value of zero is an interesting choice.
|
||
|
||
refscale.nruns= [KNL]
|
||
Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
|
||
the console log.
|
||
|
||
refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
|
||
Set the read-side critical-section duration,
|
||
measured in microseconds.
|
||
|
||
refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
|
||
|
||
refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
|
||
Shut down the system at the end of the performance
|
||
test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
|
||
refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
|
||
it running) when refscale is built as a module.
|
||
|
||
refscale.verbose= [KNL]
|
||
Enable additional printk() statements.
|
||
|
||
refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
|
||
Batch the additional printk() statements. If zero
|
||
(the default) or negative, print everything. Otherwise,
|
||
print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
|
||
specified.
|
||
|
||
regulator_ignore_unused
|
||
[REGULATOR]
|
||
Prevents regulator framework from disabling regulators
|
||
that are unused, due no driver claiming them. This may
|
||
be useful for debug and development, but should not be
|
||
needed on a platform with proper driver support.
|
||
|
||
relax_domain_level=
|
||
[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
|
||
|
||
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
|
||
Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
|
||
Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
|
||
them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
|
||
is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
|
||
|
||
reserve_mem= [RAM]
|
||
Format: nn[KNG]:<align>:<label>
|
||
Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
|
||
other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
|
||
used for systems that do not wipe the RAM, and this command
|
||
line will try to reserve the same physical memory on
|
||
soft reboots. Note, it is not guaranteed to be the same
|
||
location. For example, if anything about the system changes
|
||
or if booting a different kernel. It can also fail if KASLR
|
||
places the kernel at the location of where the RAM reservation
|
||
was from a previous boot, the new reservation will be at a
|
||
different location.
|
||
Any subsystem using this feature must add a way to verify
|
||
that the contents of the physical memory is from a previous
|
||
boot, as there may be cases where the memory will not be
|
||
located at the same location.
|
||
|
||
The format is size:align:label for example, to request
|
||
12 megabytes of 4096 alignment for ramoops:
|
||
|
||
reserve_mem=12M:4096:oops ramoops.mem_name=oops
|
||
|
||
reservetop= [X86-32,EARLY]
|
||
Format: nn[KMG]
|
||
Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
|
||
address space.
|
||
|
||
reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
|
||
during initialization.
|
||
|
||
resume= [SWSUSP]
|
||
Specify the partition device for software suspend
|
||
Format:
|
||
{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
|
||
|
||
resume_offset= [SWSUSP]
|
||
Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
|
||
given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
|
||
in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
|
||
See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
|
||
|
||
resumedelay= [HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
|
||
read the resume files
|
||
|
||
resumewait [HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
|
||
Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
|
||
(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
|
||
|
||
retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction. After boot, it will
|
||
be accessible via /sys/firmware/initrd.
|
||
|
||
retbleed= [X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
|
||
Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
|
||
vulnerability.
|
||
|
||
AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
|
||
sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
|
||
sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
|
||
cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
|
||
that don't.
|
||
|
||
off - no mitigation
|
||
auto - automatically select a migitation
|
||
auto,nosmt - automatically select a mitigation,
|
||
disabling SMT if necessary for
|
||
the full mitigation (only on Zen1
|
||
and older without STIBP).
|
||
ibpb - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
|
||
windows on basic block boundaries too.
|
||
Safe, highest perf impact. It also
|
||
enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
|
||
on Intel.
|
||
ibpb,nosmt - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
|
||
when STIBP is not available. This is
|
||
the alternative for systems which do not
|
||
have STIBP.
|
||
unret - Force enable untrained return thunks,
|
||
only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
|
||
systems.
|
||
unret,nosmt - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
|
||
is not available. This is the alternative for
|
||
systems which do not have STIBP.
|
||
|
||
Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
|
||
time according to the CPU.
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
|
||
|
||
rfkill.default_state=
|
||
0 "airplane mode". All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
|
||
etc. communication is blocked by default.
|
||
1 Unblocked.
|
||
|
||
rfkill.master_switch_mode=
|
||
0 The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
|
||
1 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
|
||
blocked and the previous configuration.
|
||
2 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
|
||
blocked and everything unblocked.
|
||
|
||
ring3mwait=disable
|
||
[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
|
||
CPUs.
|
||
|
||
riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV,EARLY]
|
||
When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
|
||
falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
|
||
"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
|
||
replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
|
||
entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
|
||
|
||
ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
|
||
|
||
rodata= [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
|
||
off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
|
||
full Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
|
||
[arm64]
|
||
|
||
rockchip.usb_uart
|
||
[EARLY]
|
||
Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
|
||
on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
|
||
debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
|
||
port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
|
||
|
||
root= [KNL] Root filesystem
|
||
Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind,
|
||
see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
|
||
block/early-lookup.c for details.
|
||
Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
|
||
ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
|
||
system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
|
||
|
||
rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
|
||
mount the root filesystem
|
||
|
||
rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
|
||
|
||
rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
|
||
|
||
rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
|
||
Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
|
||
(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
|
||
|
||
rootwait= [KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
|
||
to show up before attempting to mount the root
|
||
filesystem.
|
||
|
||
rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
|
||
[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
|
||
Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
|
||
managed by CMA.
|
||
|
||
rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
|
||
|
||
S [KNL] Run init in single mode
|
||
|
||
s390_iommu= [HW,S390]
|
||
Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
|
||
strict
|
||
With strict flushing every unmap operation will result
|
||
in an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before
|
||
reuse, which is faster. Deprecated, equivalent to
|
||
iommu.strict=1.
|
||
|
||
s390_iommu_aperture= [KNL,S390]
|
||
Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
|
||
accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
|
||
factor of the size of main memory.
|
||
The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
|
||
as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
|
||
if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
|
||
once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
|
||
and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
|
||
restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
|
||
cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
|
||
|
||
sa1100ir [NET]
|
||
See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
|
||
|
||
sched_verbose [KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
|
||
|
||
schedstats= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
|
||
Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
|
||
incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
|
||
but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
|
||
|
||
sched_thermal_decay_shift=
|
||
[Deprecated]
|
||
[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
|
||
pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
|
||
default decay period of other scheduler pelt
|
||
signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
|
||
sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
|
||
period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
|
||
value.
|
||
i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
|
||
sched_thermal_decay_shift thermal pressure decay pr
|
||
1 64 ms
|
||
2 128 ms
|
||
and so on.
|
||
Format: integer between 0 and 10
|
||
Default is 0.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Number of seconds to hold off before starting
|
||
test. Defaults to zero for module insertion and
|
||
to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
|
||
tests.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
|
||
Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
|
||
up to the chosen limit in seconds. Zero (the
|
||
default) disables this feature. Please note
|
||
that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
|
||
seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
|
||
softlockup complaints, and so on.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
|
||
Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
|
||
smp_call_function() family of functions.
|
||
The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
|
||
equal to the number of CPUs.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
|
||
Number seconds to wait after the start of the
|
||
test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
|
||
Number seconds to wait between successive
|
||
CPU-hotplug operations. Specifying zero (which
|
||
is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
|
||
The number of seconds following the start of the
|
||
test after which to shut down the system. The
|
||
default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
|
||
Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
|
||
The number of seconds between outputting the
|
||
current test statistics to the console. A value
|
||
of zero disables statistics output.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
|
||
The number of jiffies to wait between each change
|
||
to the set of CPUs under test.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
|
||
Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
|
||
preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
|
||
while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
|
||
functions.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
|
||
Enable additional printk() statements.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
|
||
The probability weighting to use for the
|
||
smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
|
||
"wait" parameter. A value of -1 selects the
|
||
default if all other weights are -1. However,
|
||
if at least one weight has some other value, a
|
||
value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
|
||
The probability weighting to use for the
|
||
smp_call_function_single() function with a
|
||
non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
|
||
The probability weighting to use for the
|
||
smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
|
||
"wait" parameter. See weight_single.
|
||
Note well that setting a high probability for
|
||
this weighting can place serious IPI load
|
||
on the system.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
|
||
The probability weighting to use for the
|
||
smp_call_function_many() function with a
|
||
non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single
|
||
and weight_many.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
|
||
The probability weighting to use for the
|
||
smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
|
||
"wait" parameter. See weight_single and
|
||
weight_many.
|
||
|
||
scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
|
||
The probability weighting to use for the
|
||
smp_call_function_all() function with a
|
||
non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single
|
||
and weight_many.
|
||
|
||
skew_tick= [KNL,EARLY] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
|
||
xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
|
||
contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
|
||
1 -- enable.
|
||
Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
|
||
enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
|
||
|
||
security= [SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
|
||
enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
|
||
"lsm=" parameter.
|
||
|
||
selinux= [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
|
||
Format: { "0" | "1" }
|
||
See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
|
||
0 -- disable.
|
||
1 -- enable.
|
||
Default value is 1.
|
||
|
||
serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]
|
||
|
||
sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
|
||
|
||
shapers= [NET]
|
||
Maximal number of shapers.
|
||
|
||
show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
|
||
Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
|
||
number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
|
||
to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
|
||
Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
|
||
The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
|
||
apic=verbose is specified.
|
||
Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
|
||
|
||
slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM]
|
||
Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the
|
||
culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
|
||
slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
|
||
may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
|
||
last alloc / free. For more information see
|
||
Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
|
||
(slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now)
|
||
|
||
slab_max_order= [MM]
|
||
Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
|
||
A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
|
||
fragmentation. For more information see
|
||
Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
|
||
(slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now)
|
||
|
||
slab_merge [MM]
|
||
Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
|
||
kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
|
||
(slub_merge legacy name also accepted for now)
|
||
|
||
slab_min_objects= [MM]
|
||
The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
|
||
increase the slab order up to slab_max_order to
|
||
generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
|
||
the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
|
||
of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
|
||
and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
|
||
For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
|
||
(slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now)
|
||
|
||
slab_min_order= [MM]
|
||
Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
|
||
lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see
|
||
Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
|
||
(slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now)
|
||
|
||
slab_nomerge [MM]
|
||
Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
|
||
necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
|
||
allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
|
||
environments where the risk of heap overflows and
|
||
layout control by attackers can usually be
|
||
frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
|
||
most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
|
||
cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
|
||
unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
|
||
own.
|
||
For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
|
||
(slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now)
|
||
|
||
slram= [HW,MTD]
|
||
|
||
smart2= [HW]
|
||
Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
|
||
|
||
smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
|
||
Specify the period of time in milliseconds
|
||
that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
|
||
for a CPU to release the CSD lock. This is
|
||
useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
|
||
disabling interrupts for extended periods
|
||
of time. Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
|
||
setting a value of zero disables this feature.
|
||
This feature may be more efficiently disabled
|
||
using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
|
||
|
||
smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
|
||
If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
|
||
the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
|
||
system. By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
|
||
take as long as they take. Specifying 300,000
|
||
for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
|
||
|
||
smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
|
||
smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port
|
||
smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port
|
||
smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port
|
||
smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line
|
||
smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel
|
||
smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
|
||
0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
|
||
1: Fast pin select (default)
|
||
2: ATC IRMode
|
||
|
||
smt= [KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
|
||
(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
|
||
capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
|
||
be capped to the actual hardware limit.
|
||
Format: <integer>
|
||
Default: -1 (no limit)
|
||
|
||
softlockup_panic=
|
||
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
|
||
A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
|
||
to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
|
||
also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
|
||
and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
|
||
respective build-time switch to that functionality.
|
||
|
||
softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
|
||
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
|
||
backtraces on all cpus.
|
||
Format: 0 | 1
|
||
|
||
sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
|
||
|
||
spectre_bhi= [X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
|
||
(BHI) vulnerability. This setting affects the
|
||
deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
|
||
clearing sequence.
|
||
|
||
on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as
|
||
needed. This protects the kernel from
|
||
both syscalls and VMs.
|
||
vmexit - On systems which don't have the HW mitigation
|
||
available, enable the SW mitigation on vmexit
|
||
ONLY. On such systems, the host kernel is
|
||
protected from VM-originated BHI attacks, but
|
||
may still be vulnerable to syscall attacks.
|
||
off - Disable the mitigation.
|
||
|
||
spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
|
||
(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
|
||
The default operation protects the kernel from
|
||
user space attacks.
|
||
|
||
on - unconditionally enable, implies
|
||
spectre_v2_user=on
|
||
off - unconditionally disable, implies
|
||
spectre_v2_user=off
|
||
auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
|
||
vulnerable
|
||
|
||
Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
|
||
mitigation method at run time according to the
|
||
CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
|
||
CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
|
||
and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
|
||
|
||
Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
|
||
against user space to user space task attacks.
|
||
|
||
Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
|
||
the user space protections.
|
||
|
||
Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
|
||
|
||
retpoline - replace indirect branches
|
||
retpoline,generic - Retpolines
|
||
retpoline,lfence - LFENCE; indirect branch
|
||
retpoline,amd - alias for retpoline,lfence
|
||
eibrs - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
|
||
eibrs,retpoline - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
|
||
eibrs,lfence - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
|
||
ibrs - use IBRS to protect kernel
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
|
||
spectre_v2=auto.
|
||
|
||
spectre_v2_user=
|
||
[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
|
||
(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
|
||
user space tasks
|
||
|
||
on - Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
|
||
enforced by spectre_v2=on
|
||
|
||
off - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
|
||
enforced by spectre_v2=off
|
||
|
||
prctl - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
|
||
but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
|
||
per thread. The mitigation control state
|
||
is inherited on fork.
|
||
|
||
prctl,ibpb
|
||
- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
|
||
controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
|
||
always when switching between different user
|
||
space processes.
|
||
|
||
seccomp
|
||
- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
|
||
threads will enable the mitigation unless
|
||
they explicitly opt out.
|
||
|
||
seccomp,ibpb
|
||
- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
|
||
controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
|
||
always when switching between different
|
||
user space processes.
|
||
|
||
auto - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
|
||
the available CPU features and vulnerability.
|
||
|
||
Default mitigation: "prctl"
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
|
||
spectre_v2_user=auto.
|
||
|
||
spec_rstack_overflow=
|
||
[X86,EARLY] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
|
||
|
||
off - Disable mitigation
|
||
microcode - Enable microcode mitigation only
|
||
safe-ret - Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
|
||
ibpb - Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
|
||
kernel entry
|
||
ibpb-vmexit - Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
|
||
(cloud-specific mitigation)
|
||
|
||
spec_store_bypass_disable=
|
||
[HW,EARLY] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
|
||
(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
|
||
|
||
Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
|
||
a common industry wide performance optimization known
|
||
as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
|
||
to the same memory location may not be observed by
|
||
later loads during speculative execution. The idea
|
||
is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
|
||
be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
|
||
end of a particular speculation execution window.
|
||
|
||
In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
|
||
store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
|
||
example to read memory to which the attacker does not
|
||
directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
|
||
|
||
This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
|
||
Bypass optimization is used.
|
||
|
||
On x86 the options are:
|
||
|
||
on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
|
||
off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
|
||
auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
|
||
implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
|
||
picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
|
||
CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
|
||
CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
|
||
architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
|
||
prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
|
||
via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
|
||
for a process by default. The state of the control
|
||
is inherited on fork.
|
||
seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
|
||
will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
|
||
|
||
Default mitigations:
|
||
X86: "prctl"
|
||
|
||
On powerpc the options are:
|
||
|
||
on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
|
||
barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
|
||
perform a software flush on kernel entry and
|
||
exit.
|
||
off - No action.
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
|
||
spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
|
||
|
||
split_lock_detect=
|
||
[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
|
||
|
||
When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
|
||
instructions that access data across cache line
|
||
boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
|
||
for split lock detection or a debug exception for
|
||
bus lock detection.
|
||
|
||
off - not enabled
|
||
|
||
warn - the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
|
||
about applications triggering the #AC
|
||
exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
|
||
the default on CPUs that support split lock
|
||
detection or bus lock detection. Default
|
||
behavior is by #AC if both features are
|
||
enabled in hardware.
|
||
|
||
fatal - the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
|
||
that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
|
||
exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
|
||
both features are enabled in hardware.
|
||
|
||
ratelimit:N -
|
||
Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
|
||
per second for bus lock detection.
|
||
0 < N <= 1000.
|
||
|
||
N/A for split lock detection.
|
||
|
||
|
||
If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
|
||
firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
|
||
the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
|
||
mode.
|
||
|
||
#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
|
||
CPL > 0.
|
||
|
||
srbds= [X86,INTEL,EARLY]
|
||
Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
|
||
(SRBDS) mitigation.
|
||
|
||
Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
|
||
exploit which can leak bits from the random
|
||
number generator.
|
||
|
||
By default, this issue is mitigated by
|
||
microcode. However, the microcode fix can cause
|
||
the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
|
||
much slower. Among other effects, this will
|
||
result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
|
||
|
||
The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
|
||
the following option:
|
||
|
||
off: Disable mitigation and remove
|
||
performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
|
||
|
||
srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
|
||
Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
|
||
large system, such that srcu_struct structures
|
||
should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
|
||
This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
|
||
but takes effect only when the low-order four
|
||
bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
|
||
(decide at boot).
|
||
|
||
srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
|
||
Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
|
||
srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
|
||
form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
|
||
|
||
0: Never.
|
||
1: At init_srcu_struct() time.
|
||
2: When rcutorture decides to.
|
||
3: Decide at boot time (default).
|
||
0x1X: Above plus if high contention.
|
||
|
||
Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
|
||
on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
|
||
instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
|
||
|
||
srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
|
||
Specifies how frequently to check for
|
||
grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
|
||
srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
|
||
The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
|
||
parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
|
||
be checked for. Note that the bottom two bits
|
||
are ignored.
|
||
|
||
srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
|
||
Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
|
||
since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
|
||
a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
|
||
grace period will be considered for automatic
|
||
expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic
|
||
expediting.
|
||
|
||
srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
|
||
Specifies the number of no-delay instances
|
||
per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
|
||
worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
|
||
delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
|
||
be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
|
||
|
||
srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
|
||
Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
|
||
non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
|
||
grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
|
||
with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
|
||
rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
|
||
|
||
srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
|
||
Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
|
||
delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
|
||
|
||
srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
|
||
Specifies the number of update-side contention
|
||
events per jiffy will be tolerated before
|
||
initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
|
||
structure to big form. Note that the value of
|
||
srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
|
||
set for contention-based conversions to occur.
|
||
|
||
ssbd= [ARM64,HW,EARLY]
|
||
Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
|
||
|
||
On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
|
||
Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
|
||
firmware based mitigation, this parameter
|
||
indicates how the mitigation should be used:
|
||
|
||
force-on: Unconditionally enable mitigation for
|
||
for both kernel and userspace
|
||
force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
|
||
for both kernel and userspace
|
||
kernel: Always enable mitigation in the
|
||
kernel, and offer a prctl interface
|
||
to allow userspace to register its
|
||
interest in being mitigated too.
|
||
|
||
stack_guard_gap= [MM]
|
||
override the default stack gap protection. The value
|
||
is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
|
||
to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
|
||
growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
|
||
mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
|
||
|
||
stack_depot_disable= [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Setting this to true through kernel command line will
|
||
disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
|
||
consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
|
||
to false.
|
||
|
||
stacktrace [FTRACE]
|
||
Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
|
||
|
||
stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
|
||
will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
|
||
list of functions. This list can be changed at run
|
||
time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
|
||
tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
|
||
and the stacktrace above is not needed.
|
||
|
||
sti= [PARISC,HW]
|
||
Format: <num>
|
||
Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
|
||
machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
|
||
as the initial boot-console.
|
||
See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
|
||
|
||
sti_font= [HW]
|
||
See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
|
||
|
||
stifb= [HW]
|
||
Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
|
||
|
||
strict_sas_size=
|
||
[X86]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
|
||
against the required signal frame size which
|
||
depends on the supported FPU features. This can
|
||
be used to filter out binaries which have
|
||
not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
|
||
|
||
stress_hpt [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
|
||
page table to increase the rate of hash page table
|
||
faults on kernel addresses.
|
||
|
||
stress_slb [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
|
||
them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
|
||
on kernel addresses.
|
||
|
||
sunrpc.min_resvport=
|
||
sunrpc.max_resvport=
|
||
[NFS,SUNRPC]
|
||
SunRPC servers often require that client requests
|
||
originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
|
||
range 0 < portnr < 1024).
|
||
An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
|
||
ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
|
||
kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
|
||
using these two parameters to set the minimum and
|
||
maximum port values.
|
||
|
||
sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
|
||
[NFS,SUNRPC]
|
||
Limit the number of requests that the server will
|
||
process in parallel from a single connection.
|
||
The default value is 0 (no limit).
|
||
|
||
sunrpc.pool_mode=
|
||
[NFS]
|
||
Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
|
||
service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs
|
||
you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
|
||
option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
|
||
Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
|
||
NFS server is running.
|
||
|
||
auto the server chooses an appropriate mode
|
||
automatically using heuristics
|
||
global a single global pool contains all CPUs
|
||
percpu one pool for each CPU
|
||
pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
|
||
to global on non-NUMA machines)
|
||
|
||
sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
|
||
sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
|
||
[NFS,SUNRPC]
|
||
Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
|
||
RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
|
||
server. Increasing these values may allow you to
|
||
improve throughput, but will also increase the
|
||
amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
|
||
|
||
suspend.pm_test_delay=
|
||
[SUSPEND]
|
||
Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
|
||
mode before resuming the system (see
|
||
/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
|
||
is set. Default value is 5.
|
||
|
||
svm= [PPC]
|
||
Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
|
||
This parameter controls use of the Protected
|
||
Execution Facility on pSeries.
|
||
|
||
swiotlb= [ARM,PPC,MIPS,X86,S390,EARLY]
|
||
Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
|
||
<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
|
||
<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
|
||
areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
|
||
to a power of 2.
|
||
force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
|
||
wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
|
||
noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
|
||
|
||
switches= [HW,M68k,EARLY]
|
||
|
||
sysctl.*= [KNL]
|
||
Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
|
||
process, as if the value was written to the respective
|
||
/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
|
||
separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
|
||
are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
|
||
later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
|
||
Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
|
||
|
||
sysrq_always_enabled
|
||
[KNL]
|
||
Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
|
||
neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
|
||
Useful for debugging.
|
||
|
||
tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
|
||
Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
|
||
Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
|
||
ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
|
||
cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
|
||
"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
|
||
|
||
tdfx= [HW,DRM]
|
||
|
||
test_suspend= [SUSPEND]
|
||
Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
|
||
Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
|
||
standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
|
||
as the system sleep state during system startup with
|
||
the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
|
||
The system is woken from this state using a
|
||
wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
|
||
|
||
thash_entries= [KNL,NET]
|
||
Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
|
||
|
||
thermal.act= [HW,ACPI]
|
||
-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
|
||
<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
|
||
|
||
thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI]
|
||
-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
|
||
<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
|
||
|
||
thermal.off= [HW,ACPI]
|
||
1: disable ACPI thermal control
|
||
|
||
thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI]
|
||
-1: disable all passive trip points
|
||
<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
|
||
value
|
||
|
||
thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI]
|
||
Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
|
||
<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
|
||
0: no polling (default)
|
||
|
||
thp_anon= [KNL]
|
||
Format: <size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<state>
|
||
state is one of "always", "madvise", "never" or "inherit".
|
||
Control the default behavior of the system with respect
|
||
to anonymous transparent hugepages.
|
||
Can be used multiple times for multiple anon THP sizes.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more
|
||
details.
|
||
|
||
threadirqs [KNL,EARLY]
|
||
Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
|
||
marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
|
||
|
||
topology= [S390,EARLY]
|
||
Format: {off | on}
|
||
Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
|
||
topology information if the hardware supports this.
|
||
The scheduler will make use of this information and
|
||
e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
|
||
Default is on.
|
||
|
||
torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
|
||
Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
|
||
until after init has spawned.
|
||
|
||
torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
|
||
Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
|
||
even if there were no errors. This can be a
|
||
very costly operation when many torture tests
|
||
are running concurrently, especially on systems
|
||
with rotating-rust storage.
|
||
|
||
torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
|
||
Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
|
||
emitted between each sleep. The default of zero
|
||
disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
|
||
|
||
torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
|
||
Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
|
||
|
||
tpm.disable_pcr_integrity= [HW,TPM]
|
||
Do not protect PCR registers from unintended physical
|
||
access, or interposers in the bus by the means of
|
||
having an integrity protected session wrapped around
|
||
TPM2_PCR_Extend command. Consider this in a situation
|
||
where TPM is heavily utilized by IMA, thus protection
|
||
causing a major performance hit, and the space where
|
||
machines are deployed is by other means guarded.
|
||
|
||
tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
|
||
Format: integer pcr id
|
||
Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
|
||
should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
|
||
as a workaround for some chips which fail to
|
||
flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
|
||
This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
|
||
are saved.
|
||
|
||
tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
|
||
Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
|
||
for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
|
||
(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
|
||
defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
|
||
https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
|
||
|
||
tp_printk [FTRACE]
|
||
Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
|
||
tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
|
||
where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
|
||
option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
|
||
ftrace_dump_on_oops.
|
||
|
||
To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
|
||
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
|
||
Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
|
||
tp_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
|
||
|
||
The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
|
||
to stop the printing of events to console at
|
||
late_initcall_sync.
|
||
|
||
** CAUTION **
|
||
|
||
Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
|
||
frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
|
||
the system to live lock.
|
||
|
||
tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
|
||
When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
|
||
on the console. It may be useful to only include the
|
||
printing of events during boot up, as user space may
|
||
make the system inoperable.
|
||
|
||
This command line option will stop the printing of events
|
||
to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
|
||
|
||
trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
|
||
[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
|
||
|
||
trace_clock= [FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
|
||
at boot up.
|
||
local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
|
||
(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
|
||
depending on the architecture, may not be
|
||
in sync between CPUs.
|
||
global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
|
||
CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
|
||
but better for some race conditions.
|
||
counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
|
||
note, some counts may be skipped due to the
|
||
infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
|
||
once per event.
|
||
uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
|
||
perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
|
||
mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
|
||
mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
|
||
stamps.
|
||
boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
|
||
Architectures may add more clocks. See
|
||
Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
|
||
|
||
trace_event=[event-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
|
||
to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
|
||
comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
|
||
also Documentation/trace/events.rst
|
||
|
||
trace_instance=[instance-info]
|
||
[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
|
||
This will be listed in:
|
||
|
||
/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
|
||
|
||
Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
|
||
via:
|
||
|
||
trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
|
||
|
||
Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
|
||
unique.
|
||
|
||
trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
|
||
|
||
will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
|
||
the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
|
||
event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
|
||
|
||
Flags can be added to the instance to modify its behavior when it is
|
||
created. The flags are separated by '^'.
|
||
|
||
The available flags are:
|
||
|
||
traceoff - Have the tracing instance tracing disabled after it is created.
|
||
traceprintk - Have trace_printk() write into this trace instance
|
||
(note, "printk" and "trace_printk" can also be used)
|
||
|
||
trace_instance=foo^traceoff^traceprintk,sched,irq
|
||
|
||
The flags must come before the defined events.
|
||
|
||
If memory has been reserved (see memmap for x86), the instance
|
||
can use that memory:
|
||
|
||
memmap=12M$0x284500000 trace_instance=boot_map@0x284500000:12M
|
||
|
||
The above will create a "boot_map" instance that uses the physical
|
||
memory at 0x284500000 that is 12Megs. The per CPU buffers of that
|
||
instance will be split up accordingly.
|
||
|
||
Alternatively, the memory can be reserved by the reserve_mem option:
|
||
|
||
reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace
|
||
|
||
This will reserve 12 megabytes at boot up with a 4096 byte alignment
|
||
and place the ring buffer in this memory. Note that due to KASLR, the
|
||
memory may not be the same location each time, which will not preserve
|
||
the buffer content.
|
||
|
||
Also note that the layout of the ring buffer data may change between
|
||
kernel versions where the validator will fail and reset the ring buffer
|
||
if the layout is not the same as the previous kernel.
|
||
|
||
If the ring buffer is used for persistent bootups and has events enabled,
|
||
it is recommend to disable tracing so that events from a previous boot do not
|
||
mix with events of the current boot (unless you are debugging a random crash
|
||
at boot up).
|
||
|
||
reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map^traceoff^traceprintk@trace,sched,irq
|
||
|
||
Note, saving the trace buffer across reboots does require that the system
|
||
is set up to not wipe memory. For instance, CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION
|
||
can force a memory reset on boot which will clear any trace that was stored.
|
||
This is just one of many ways that can clear memory. Make sure your system
|
||
keeps the content of memory across reboots before relying on this option.
|
||
|
||
See also Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
|
||
|
||
|
||
trace_options=[option-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
|
||
The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
|
||
that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
|
||
to echo the option name into
|
||
|
||
/sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
|
||
|
||
For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
|
||
stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
|
||
|
||
trace_options=stacktrace
|
||
|
||
See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
|
||
section.
|
||
|
||
trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
|
||
[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
|
||
Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
|
||
filter.
|
||
|
||
The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
|
||
Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
|
||
|
||
For example:
|
||
|
||
trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
|
||
|
||
The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
|
||
event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
|
||
event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
|
||
|
||
See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
|
||
|
||
|
||
traceoff_on_warning
|
||
[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
|
||
warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
|
||
be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
|
||
file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
|
||
|
||
This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
|
||
the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
|
||
be filled with content caused by the warning output.
|
||
|
||
This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
|
||
option: kernel/traceoff_on_warning
|
||
|
||
transparent_hugepage=
|
||
[KNL]
|
||
Format: [always|madvise|never]
|
||
Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
|
||
with respect to transparent hugepages.
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
|
||
for more details.
|
||
|
||
trusted.source= [KEYS]
|
||
Format: <string>
|
||
This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
|
||
for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
|
||
sources:
|
||
- "tpm"
|
||
- "tee"
|
||
- "caam"
|
||
- "dcp"
|
||
If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
|
||
the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
|
||
first trust source as a backend which is initialized
|
||
successfully during iteration.
|
||
|
||
trusted.rng= [KEYS]
|
||
Format: <string>
|
||
The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
|
||
Can be one of:
|
||
- "kernel"
|
||
- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
|
||
- "default"
|
||
If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
|
||
the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
|
||
|
||
trusted.dcp_use_otp_key
|
||
This is intended to be used in combination with
|
||
trusted.source=dcp and will select the DCP OTP key
|
||
instead of the DCP UNIQUE key blob encryption.
|
||
|
||
trusted.dcp_skip_zk_test
|
||
This is intended to be used in combination with
|
||
trusted.source=dcp and will disable the check if the
|
||
blob key is all zeros. This is helpful for situations where
|
||
having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing
|
||
scenarios.
|
||
|
||
tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
|
||
Format: <string>
|
||
[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
|
||
disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
|
||
as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
|
||
high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
|
||
virtualized environment.
|
||
[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
|
||
Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
|
||
platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
|
||
can add overhead.
|
||
[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
|
||
marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
|
||
avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
|
||
[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
|
||
in situations with strict latency requirements (where
|
||
interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
|
||
acceptable).
|
||
[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
|
||
(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
|
||
obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
|
||
Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
|
||
[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
|
||
which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
|
||
only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
|
||
This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
|
||
can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog. A console
|
||
message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
|
||
|
||
tsc_early_khz= [X86,EARLY] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
|
||
value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
|
||
procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
|
||
with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
|
||
Format: <unsigned int>
|
||
|
||
tsx= [X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
|
||
Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
|
||
support TSX control.
|
||
|
||
This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
|
||
|
||
on - Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
|
||
mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
|
||
TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
|
||
several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
|
||
so there may be unknown security risks associated
|
||
with leaving it enabled.
|
||
|
||
off - Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
|
||
option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
|
||
not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
|
||
MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
|
||
the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
|
||
update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
|
||
deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
|
||
|
||
auto - Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
|
||
otherwise enable TSX on the system.
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
|
||
|
||
See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
|
||
for more details.
|
||
|
||
tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
|
||
Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
|
||
|
||
Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
|
||
certain CPUs that support Transactional
|
||
Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
|
||
exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
|
||
information to a disclosure gadget under certain
|
||
conditions.
|
||
|
||
In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
|
||
data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
|
||
access data to which the attacker does not have direct
|
||
access.
|
||
|
||
This parameter controls the TAA mitigation. The
|
||
options are:
|
||
|
||
full - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
|
||
if TSX is enabled.
|
||
|
||
full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
|
||
vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
|
||
is not disabled because CPU is not
|
||
vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
|
||
off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
|
||
|
||
On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
|
||
prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
|
||
are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
|
||
this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
|
||
|
||
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
|
||
tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected
|
||
and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
|
||
required and doesn't provide any additional
|
||
mitigation.
|
||
|
||
For details see:
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
|
||
|
||
turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
|
||
TurboGraFX parallel port interface
|
||
Format:
|
||
<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
|
||
See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
|
||
|
||
udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
|
||
happen after console_init() and before a proper
|
||
console driver takes over, this boot options might
|
||
help "seeing" what's going on.
|
||
|
||
uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
|
||
Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
|
||
|
||
uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
|
||
[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
|
||
Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
|
||
bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
|
||
anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
|
||
Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
|
||
reported either.
|
||
|
||
unknown_nmi_panic
|
||
[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
|
||
|
||
unwind_debug [X86-64,EARLY]
|
||
Enable unwinder debug output. This can be
|
||
useful for debugging certain unwinder error
|
||
conditions, including corrupt stacks and
|
||
bad/missing unwinder metadata.
|
||
|
||
usbcore.authorized_default=
|
||
[USB] Default USB device authorization:
|
||
(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
|
||
0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
|
||
if device connected to internal port)
|
||
|
||
usbcore.autosuspend=
|
||
[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
|
||
for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This
|
||
is the time required before an idle device will be
|
||
autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set
|
||
to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
|
||
|
||
usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
|
||
[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
|
||
|
||
usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
|
||
[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
|
||
(default = 65536).
|
||
|
||
usbcore.blinkenlights=
|
||
[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
|
||
|
||
usbcore.old_scheme_first=
|
||
[USB] Start with the old device initialization
|
||
scheme (default 0 = off).
|
||
|
||
usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
|
||
[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
|
||
usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
|
||
|
||
usbcore.use_both_schemes=
|
||
[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
|
||
if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
|
||
|
||
usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
|
||
[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
|
||
USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
|
||
(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
|
||
|
||
usbcore.nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
|
||
|
||
usbcore.quirks=
|
||
[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
|
||
usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
|
||
commas. Each entry has the form
|
||
VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
|
||
numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
|
||
will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
|
||
clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
|
||
the following meanings:
|
||
a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
|
||
descriptors must not be fetched using
|
||
a 255-byte read);
|
||
b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
|
||
correctly so reset it instead);
|
||
c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
|
||
Set-Interface requests);
|
||
d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
|
||
handle its Configuration or Interface
|
||
strings);
|
||
e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
|
||
(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
|
||
f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
|
||
more interface descriptions than the
|
||
bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
|
||
talking to these interfaces);
|
||
g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
|
||
during initialization, after we read
|
||
the device descriptor);
|
||
h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
|
||
high speed and super speed interrupt
|
||
endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
|
||
require the interval in microframes (1
|
||
microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
|
||
calculated as interval = 2 ^
|
||
(bInterval-1).
|
||
Devices with this quirk report their
|
||
bInterval as the result of this
|
||
calculation instead of the exponent
|
||
variable used in the calculation);
|
||
i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
|
||
handle device_qualifier descriptor
|
||
requests);
|
||
j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
|
||
generates spurious wakeup, ignore
|
||
remote wakeup capability);
|
||
k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
|
||
Power Management);
|
||
l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
|
||
(Device reports its bInterval as linear
|
||
frames instead of the USB 2.0
|
||
calculation);
|
||
m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
|
||
to be disconnected before suspend to
|
||
prevent spurious wakeup);
|
||
n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
|
||
pause after every control message);
|
||
o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
|
||
delay after resetting its port);
|
||
p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT
|
||
(Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS
|
||
request from 5000 ms to 500 ms);
|
||
Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
|
||
|
||
usbhid.mousepoll=
|
||
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
|
||
|
||
usbhid.jspoll=
|
||
[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
|
||
|
||
usbhid.kbpoll=
|
||
[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
|
||
|
||
usb-storage.delay_use=
|
||
[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
|
||
scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
|
||
Optionally the delay in milliseconds if the value has
|
||
suffix with "ms".
|
||
Example: delay_use=2567ms
|
||
|
||
usb-storage.quirks=
|
||
[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
|
||
override the built-in unusual_devs list. List
|
||
entries are separated by commas. Each entry has
|
||
the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
|
||
and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
|
||
Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
|
||
to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
|
||
a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
|
||
of sense data, not on uas);
|
||
b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
|
||
bytes of sense data, not on uas);
|
||
c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
|
||
device capacity by one sector);
|
||
d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
|
||
READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
|
||
e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
|
||
READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
|
||
f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
|
||
command, uas only);
|
||
g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
|
||
240 sectors at a time, uas only);
|
||
h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
|
||
reported device capacity by one
|
||
sector if the number is odd);
|
||
i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
|
||
device);
|
||
j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
|
||
command, uas only);
|
||
k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
|
||
l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
|
||
unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
|
||
m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
|
||
than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
|
||
not on uas);
|
||
n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
|
||
initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
|
||
o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
|
||
reported by the device, not on uas);
|
||
p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
|
||
by default, not on uas);
|
||
r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
|
||
bogus residue values, not on uas);
|
||
s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
|
||
Logical Unit);
|
||
t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
|
||
commands, uas only);
|
||
u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
|
||
w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
|
||
medium is write-protected).
|
||
y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
|
||
even if the device claims no cache,
|
||
not on uas)
|
||
Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
|
||
|
||
user_debug= [KNL,ARM]
|
||
Format: <int>
|
||
See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
|
||
1 - undefined instruction events
|
||
2 - system calls
|
||
4 - invalid data aborts
|
||
8 - SIGSEGV faults
|
||
16 - SIGBUS faults
|
||
Example: user_debug=31
|
||
|
||
userpte=
|
||
[X86,EARLY] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
|
||
|
||
nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
|
||
HIGHMEM regardless of setting
|
||
of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
|
||
|
||
vdso= [X86,SH,SPARC]
|
||
On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise:
|
||
|
||
vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
|
||
vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
|
||
|
||
vdso32= [X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
|
||
vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
|
||
vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
|
||
|
||
See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
|
||
details. If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
|
||
vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
|
||
|
||
For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
|
||
alias for vdso32=0.
|
||
|
||
Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
|
||
dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
|
||
|
||
video= [FB,EARLY] Frame buffer configuration
|
||
See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
|
||
|
||
video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
|
||
Format: [0|1]
|
||
If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
|
||
generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
|
||
level and then send out the event to user space through
|
||
the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
|
||
will only send out the event without touching backlight
|
||
brightness level.
|
||
default: 1
|
||
|
||
virtio_mmio.device=
|
||
[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
|
||
|
||
<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
|
||
where:
|
||
<size> := size (can use standard suffixes
|
||
like K, M and G)
|
||
<baseaddr> := physical base address
|
||
<irq> := interrupt number (as passed to
|
||
request_irq())
|
||
<id> := (optional) platform device id
|
||
example:
|
||
virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
|
||
|
||
Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
|
||
|
||
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
|
||
See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
|
||
Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
|
||
Use vga=ask for menu.
|
||
This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
|
||
passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
|
||
|
||
vm_debug[=options] [KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
|
||
May slow down system boot speed, especially when
|
||
enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
|
||
All options are enabled by default, and this
|
||
interface is meant to allow for selectively
|
||
enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
|
||
debugging features.
|
||
|
||
Available options are:
|
||
P Enable page structure init time poisoning
|
||
- Disable all of the above options
|
||
|
||
vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an
|
||
exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase
|
||
the minimum size (128MB on x86, arm32 platforms).
|
||
It can also be used to decrease the size and leave more room
|
||
for directly mapped kernel RAM. Note that this parameter does
|
||
not exist on many other platforms (including arm64, alpha,
|
||
loongarch, arc, csky, hexagon, microblaze, mips, nios2, openrisc,
|
||
parisc, m64k, powerpc, riscv, sh, um, xtensa, s390, sparc).
|
||
|
||
vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390,EARLY]
|
||
Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
|
||
allocations for the vmcp device driver.
|
||
|
||
vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
|
||
Format: <command>
|
||
|
||
vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
|
||
Format: <command>
|
||
|
||
vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
|
||
Format: <command>
|
||
|
||
vsyscall= [X86-64,EARLY]
|
||
Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
|
||
fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
|
||
code). Most statically-linked binaries and older
|
||
versions of glibc use these calls. Because these
|
||
functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
|
||
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
|
||
|
||
emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
|
||
reasonably safely. The vsyscall page is
|
||
readable.
|
||
|
||
xonly [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
|
||
emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
|
||
page is not readable.
|
||
|
||
none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes
|
||
them quite hard to use for exploits but
|
||
might break your system.
|
||
|
||
vt.color= [VT] Default text color.
|
||
Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
|
||
Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
|
||
|
||
vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
|
||
Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
|
||
the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
|
||
see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
|
||
|
||
vt.default_blu= [VT]
|
||
Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
|
||
Change the default blue palette of the console.
|
||
This is a 16-member array composed of values
|
||
ranging from 0-255.
|
||
|
||
vt.default_grn= [VT]
|
||
Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
|
||
Change the default green palette of the console.
|
||
This is a 16-member array composed of values
|
||
ranging from 0-255.
|
||
|
||
vt.default_red= [VT]
|
||
Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
|
||
Change the default red palette of the console.
|
||
This is a 16-member array composed of values
|
||
ranging from 0-255.
|
||
|
||
vt.default_utf8=
|
||
[VT]
|
||
Format=<0|1>
|
||
Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
|
||
Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
|
||
newly opened terminals.
|
||
|
||
vt.global_cursor_default=
|
||
[VT]
|
||
Format=<-1|0|1>
|
||
Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
|
||
is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
|
||
i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
|
||
overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
|
||
cursors, 1 will display them.
|
||
|
||
vt.italic= [VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
|
||
Default: 2 = green.
|
||
|
||
vt.underline= [VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
|
||
Default: 3 = cyan.
|
||
|
||
watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
|
||
see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
|
||
or other driver-specific files in the
|
||
Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
|
||
|
||
watchdog_thresh=
|
||
[KNL]
|
||
Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
|
||
threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
|
||
threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
|
||
disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
|
||
seconds.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.unbound_cpus=
|
||
[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
|
||
to use in unbound workqueues.
|
||
Format: <cpu-list>
|
||
By default, all online CPUs are available for
|
||
unbound workqueues.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
|
||
If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
|
||
warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
|
||
help debugging. 0 disables workqueue stall
|
||
detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
|
||
duration in seconds. The default value is 30 and
|
||
it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
|
||
corresponding sysfs file.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.panic_on_stall=<uint>
|
||
Panic when workqueue stall is detected by
|
||
CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG. It sets the number times of the
|
||
stall to trigger panic.
|
||
|
||
The default is 0, which disables the panic on stall.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
|
||
Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
|
||
threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
|
||
and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
|
||
them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
|
||
items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
|
||
|
||
If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
|
||
will report the work functions which violate this
|
||
threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
|
||
candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint>
|
||
If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
|
||
will report the work functions which violate the
|
||
intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent
|
||
spurious warnings, start printing only after a work
|
||
function has violated this threshold number of times.
|
||
|
||
The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.power_efficient
|
||
Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
|
||
they show better performance thanks to cache
|
||
locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
|
||
be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
|
||
|
||
Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
|
||
were observed to contribute significantly to power
|
||
consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
|
||
power usage at the cost of small performance
|
||
overhead.
|
||
|
||
The default value of this parameter is determined by
|
||
the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
|
||
Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
|
||
workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
|
||
"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
|
||
information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
|
||
Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
|
||
|
||
This can be changed after boot by writing to the
|
||
matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
|
||
workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
|
||
updated accordingly.
|
||
|
||
workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
|
||
Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
|
||
items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
|
||
on the local CPU. This guarantee is no longer true
|
||
and while local CPU is still preferred work items
|
||
may be put on foreign CPUs. This debug option
|
||
forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
|
||
usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
|
||
When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
|
||
impacted.
|
||
|
||
writecombine= [LOONGARCH,EARLY] Control the MAT (Memory Access
|
||
Type) of ioremap_wc().
|
||
|
||
on - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
|
||
off - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
|
||
|
||
x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
|
||
default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
|
||
supporting x2apic.
|
||
|
||
xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN]
|
||
Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
|
||
to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
|
||
crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
|
||
save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
|
||
domains.
|
||
|
||
xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN,EARLY]
|
||
Unplug Xen emulated devices
|
||
Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
|
||
ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
|
||
aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
|
||
nics -- unplug network devices
|
||
all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
|
||
unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
|
||
unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
|
||
the unplug protocol
|
||
never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
|
||
|
||
xen_legacy_crash [X86,XEN,EARLY]
|
||
Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
|
||
panic() code such as dumping handler.
|
||
|
||
xen_mc_debug [X86,XEN,EARLY]
|
||
Enable multicall debugging when running as a Xen PV guest.
|
||
Enabling this feature will reduce performance a little
|
||
bit, so it should only be enabled for obtaining extended
|
||
debug data in case of multicall errors.
|
||
|
||
xen_msr_safe= [X86,XEN,EARLY]
|
||
Format: <bool>
|
||
Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
|
||
access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
|
||
default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
|
||
|
||
xen_nopv [X86]
|
||
Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
|
||
run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
|
||
This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
|
||
has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
|
||
|
||
xen_no_vector_callback
|
||
[KNL,X86,XEN,EARLY] Disable the vector callback for Xen
|
||
event channel interrupts.
|
||
|
||
xen_scrub_pages= [XEN]
|
||
Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
|
||
to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
|
||
with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
|
||
Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
|
||
|
||
xen_timer_slop= [X86-64,XEN,EARLY]
|
||
Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
|
||
timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
|
||
delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
|
||
improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
|
||
more timer interrupts.
|
||
|
||
xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
|
||
The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
|
||
in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
|
||
Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
|
||
started with less memory configured than allowed at
|
||
max. Default is 180.
|
||
|
||
xen.event_eoi_delay= [XEN]
|
||
How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
|
||
storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
|
||
|
||
xen.event_loop_timeout= [XEN]
|
||
After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
|
||
should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
|
||
|
||
xen.fifo_events= [XEN]
|
||
Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
|
||
even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
|
||
preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
|
||
fairer and the number of possible event channels is
|
||
much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
|
||
|
||
xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
|
||
Format:
|
||
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
|
||
|
||
xive= [PPC]
|
||
By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
|
||
natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
|
||
allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
|
||
|
||
off Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
|
||
controller on both pseries and powernv
|
||
platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
|
||
|
||
xive.store-eoi=off [PPC]
|
||
By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
|
||
stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
|
||
is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
|
||
loads instead, as on POWER9.
|
||
|
||
xhci-hcd.quirks [USB,KNL]
|
||
A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
|
||
host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
|
||
consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
|
||
|
||
xmon [PPC,EARLY]
|
||
Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
|
||
Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
|
||
Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
|
||
early Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
|
||
debugger is called from setup_arch().
|
||
on xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
|
||
is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
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i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
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with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
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rw xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
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is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
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meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
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can be written using xmon commands.
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ro same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
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memory, and other data can't be written using
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xmon commands.
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off xmon is disabled.
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