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Subject: doc: alphabetize kernel-parameters.txt
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
kernel-parameters.txt specifies that entries are supposed to be in
alpha order, so rearrange lots of entries to support that.
Also clean up some vertical whitespace.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 472 ++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 234 insertions(+), 238 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-alphabetize-kernel-parameterstxt Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-alphabetize-kernel-parameterstxt
+++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -151,60 +151,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
1,0: use 1st APIC table
default: 0
- acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
- Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
- old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
- See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
- s3_bios and s3_mode.
- s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
- as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
- s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
- used during resume from hibernation.
- old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
- control method, with respect to putting devices into
- low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
- of _PTS is used by default).
- s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
- ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
-
- acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
- Format: { level | edge | high | low }
-
- acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
- ACPI will balance active IRQs
- default in APIC mode
-
- acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
- ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
- default in PIC mode
-
- acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
- use by PCI
- Format: <irq>,<irq>...
-
- acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
- Format: <irq>,<irq>...
-
- acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
-
- acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
- Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
-
- acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
- acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string
- acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2
- acpi_osi= # disable all strings
-
- acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
-
- acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
- Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
- For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
- acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
- Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
- that require a timer override, but don't have
- HPET
-
acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI]
acpi_backlight=vendor
acpi_backlight=video
@@ -212,11 +158,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
of the ACPI video.ko driver.
- acpi_display_output= [HW,ACPI]
- acpi_display_output=vendor
- acpi_display_output=video
- See above.
-
acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
Format: <int>
@@ -245,6 +186,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
if you need to capture more output.
+ acpi_display_output= [HW,ACPI]
+ acpi_display_output=vendor
+ acpi_display_output=video
+ See above.
+
+ acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
+ ACPI will balance active IRQs
+ default in APIC mode
+
+ acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
+ ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
+ default in PIC mode
+
+ acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
+ Format: <irq>,<irq>...
+
+ acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
+ use by PCI
+ Format: <irq>,<irq>...
+
+ acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
+
+ acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
+ Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
+
+ acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
+ acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string
+ acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2
+ acpi_osi= # disable all strings
+
+ acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64]
+ Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
+ to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
+ and always returns good values.
+
acpi.power_nocheck= [HW,ACPI]
Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state.
On some bogus BIOS the _PSC object/_STA object of
@@ -253,30 +229,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
power state again in power transition.
1 : disable the power state check
- acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64]
- Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
- to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
- and always returns good values.
+ acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
+ Format: { level | edge | high | low }
- agp= [AGP]
- { off | try_unsupported }
- off: disable AGP support
- try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
- (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
+ acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
- enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
- 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.
+ acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
+ Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
+ For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
- disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
- Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
- Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
+ acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
+ Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
+ old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
+ See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
+ s3_bios and s3_mode.
+ s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
+ as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
+ s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
+ used during resume from hibernation.
+ old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
+ control method, with respect to putting devices into
+ low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
+ of _PTS is used by default).
+ s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
+ ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
+
+ acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
+ Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+ that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
ad1848= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
+ add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
+ kernel's map of available physical RAM.
+
advansys= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
@@ -287,6 +274,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
+ agp= [AGP]
+ { off | try_unsupported }
+ off: disable AGP support
+ try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
+ (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
+
aha152x= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt.
@@ -414,12 +407,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
possible to determine what the correct size should be.
This option provides an override for these situations.
- security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
- If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
- security module asking for security registration will be
- loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
- as if no module has been chosen.
-
capability.disable=
[SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally
be used only if an alternative security model is to be
@@ -491,12 +478,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Range: 0 - 8192
Default: 64
- hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
- Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
- disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
- force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
- VIA, nVidia)
-
com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
Format:
<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
@@ -540,23 +521,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
console=brl,ttyS0
For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
- earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
- uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
- uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
- Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
- UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
- The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
-
- 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.
-
coredump_filter=
[KNL] Change the default value for
/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
@@ -610,30 +574,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
- 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.
+ default_hugepagesz=
+ [same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
+ HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
+ the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
+ default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
+ Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
+ if not specified.
dhash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
@@ -646,27 +593,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt.
disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
- enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
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/disables that.
-
- mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
- used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
- that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
-
- mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
- 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]
- 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.
+ entry later. This parameter disables that.
disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
@@ -674,12 +603,28 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior,
possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
+ disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+ Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
+ Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
+
dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
dscc4.setup= [NET]
dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI]
+ dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
+ CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
+ These can also be switched on/off via
+ <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
+
+ earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
+ uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
+ uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
+ Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
+ UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
+ The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+
earlyprintk= [X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
@@ -721,6 +666,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
pass this option to capture kernel.
See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
+ enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
+ 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 [i386,x86-64]
+ 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.
@@ -808,6 +764,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
hisax= [HW,ISDN]
See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
+ hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+
+ hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
+ Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
+ disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
+ force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
+ VIA, nVidia)
+
hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
@@ -817,15 +781,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag)
Note that 1GB pages can only be allocated at boot time
using hugepages= and not freed afterwards.
- default_hugepagesz=
- [same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
- HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
- the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
- default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
- Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
- if not specified.
-
- hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
@@ -875,6 +830,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
+ ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
+ Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
+
idle= [X86]
Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
@@ -890,9 +848,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
- ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
- Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
-
ignore_loglevel [KNL]
Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
@@ -917,25 +872,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
Format: <irq>
- inttest= [IA64]
-
- iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
- strict regions from userspace.
- relaxed
-
- iommu= [x86]
- off
- force
- noforce
- biomerge
- panic
- nopanic
- merge
- nomerge
- forcesac
- soft
-
-
intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
on
Enable intel iommu driver.
@@ -959,6 +895,28 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
to batching them for performance.
+ inttest= [IA64]
+
+ iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
+ strict regions from userspace.
+ relaxed
+
+ iommu= [x86]
+ off
+ force
+ noforce
+ biomerge
+ panic
+ nopanic
+ merge
+ nomerge
+ forcesac
+ soft
+
+ io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
+ See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
+ arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
+
io_delay= [X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method
0x80
Standard port 0x80 based delay
@@ -969,10 +927,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
none
No delay
- io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
- See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
- arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
-
ip= [IP_PNP]
See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt.
@@ -983,12 +937,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
- 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>....
-
irqfixup [HW]
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
@@ -1029,6 +977,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
+ keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
+
kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is
@@ -1045,21 +995,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
zone if it does not.
- movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
- is similar to kernelcore except 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.
-
- keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
-
- kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
- in oops dumps.
-
kgdboc= [HW] kgdb over consoles.
Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
(only serial suported for now)
@@ -1069,6 +1004,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
Ethernet adapter MAC address.
+ kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
+ in oops dumps.
+
l2cr= [PPC]
l3cr= [PPC]
@@ -1214,9 +1152,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
(machvec) in a generic kernel.
Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
- max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
- be mounted
- Format: <1-256>
+ max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
+ than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
should make use of. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
@@ -1224,8 +1161,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
the IO APIC.
- max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than
- or equal to this physical address is ignored.
+ max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
+ be mounted
+ Format: <1-256>
max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe.
Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
@@ -1347,6 +1285,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
+ movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
+ is similar to kernelcore except 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.
+
mpu401= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>
@@ -1368,6 +1316,23 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
+ mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+ used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
+ that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
+
+ mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+ 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]
+ 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.
+
n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
NCR_D700= [HW,SCSI]
@@ -1441,6 +1406,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
is present.
+ 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.
+
noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory,
but will impact performance.
@@ -1455,6 +1430,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
nocache [ARM]
+ noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
+
nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
@@ -1483,8 +1460,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
register save and restore. The kernel will only save
legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
- noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
-
nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
@@ -1525,12 +1500,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
- nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
-
- x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
- default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
- supporting x2apic.
-
noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
lowmem mapping on PPC40x.
@@ -1541,6 +1510,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
+ norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
+ echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+
noreplace-paravirt [X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
@@ -1579,13 +1551,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
SAL PALO.
+ nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+
numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified
This can be set from sysctl after boot.
See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
- nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
-
ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
info.
@@ -1814,11 +1786,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
autoconfiguration.
Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
- dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
- CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
- These can also be switched on/off via
- <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
-
print-fatal-signals=
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
@@ -1828,6 +1795,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
+ 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: [schedule,]<number>
Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
@@ -1837,14 +1812,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
- 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
-
prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
before loading.
See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
@@ -1998,6 +1965,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting
user space to do the scan.
+ security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
+ If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
+ security module asking for security registration will be
+ loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
+ as if no module has been chosen.
+
selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
Format: { "0" | "1" }
See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
@@ -2429,9 +2402,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
medium is write-protected).
Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
- add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
- kernel's map of available physical RAM.
-
vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64]
vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
@@ -2470,6 +2440,31 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
Format: <command>
+ 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.
+
waveartist= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
@@ -2482,6 +2477,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
wdt= [WDT] Watchdog
See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt.
+ x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
+ default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
+ supporting x2apic.
+
xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
@@ -2489,9 +2488,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
- norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
- echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
-
______________________________________________________________________
TODO:
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
doc-alphabetize-kernel-parameterstxt.patch
linux-next.patch
uv-fix-header-struct-usage.patch
x86-dell-laptop-depends-on-power_supply.patch
x86-oqo-depends-on-input_polldev.patch
x86_32-fix-printk-formats.patch
kgdb-fix-kernel-doc-error.patch
auditsc-fix-kernel-doc-notation.patch
input-ad7879-touchscreen-driver.patch
es-input-allow-certain-ev_abs-events-to-bypass-all-filtering-fix.patch
e1000e-make-e1000e-default-to-the-same-kconfig-setting-as-e1000.patch
pci-fix-romc-kernel-doc-warning.patch
esp-fix-section-mismatch-warning.patch
cciss-pci-power-management-reset-for-kexec.patch
vfs-update-fsh-to-use-inline-functions-when-no-file-locking-set.patch
vfs-further-changes-from-macro-to-inline-function-in-fsh.patch
max3100-spi-uart-driver.patch
filesystem-freeze-allow-sysrq-emergency-thaw-to-thaw-frozen-filesystems.patch
atyfb-fix-header-file-trailing-whitespace.patch
cirrusfb-convert-printks-to-dev_foo-fix-fix2.patch
fbdev-update-s1d13xxxfb-to-differ-between-revisions-and-production-ids-fix.patch
documentation-ignore-byproducts-from-latex.patch
docbook-split-kernel-api-add-device-drivers-book.patch
kexec-add-dmesg-log-symbols-to-proc-vmcoreinfo-lists-fix-fix.patch
kexec-add-dmesg-log-symbols-to-proc-vmcoreinfo-lists-fix-fix-fix.patch
kexec-add-dmesg-log-symbols-to-proc-vmcoreinfo-lists-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch
linuxpps-core-support.patch
linuxpps-core-support-v2.patch
reiser4-export-remove_from_page_cache-fix.patch
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