Having just seen a report of using "fips=1" on the kernel command line, I could not find it documented anywhere, so add some help for it. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- Updates/corrections welcome. Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) --- linux-next-20210329.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ linux-next-20210329/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1370,6 +1370,21 @@ See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns + fips= Format: { 0 | 1} + Use to disable (0) or enable (1) FIPS mode. + If enabled, any process that is waiting on the + 'fips_fail_notif_chain' will be notified of fips + failures. + This setting can also be modified via sysctl at + /proc/sysctl/crypto/fips_enabled, i.e., + crypto.fips_enabled. + If fips_enabled = 1, some crypto tests are skipped. + It can also effect which ECC curve is used. + If fips_enabled = 1 and a test fails, it will cause a + kernel panic. + If fips_enabled = 1, RSA test requires a key size of + 2K or larger. + floppy= [HW] See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.