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1 | Kernel Parameters |
2 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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3 | |
4 | The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented | |
5 | (mostly) by the __setup() macro and sorted into English Dictionary order | |
6 | (defined as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a | |
7 | case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known. | |
8 | ||
9 | Module parameters for loadable modules are specified only as the | |
10 | parameter name with optional '=' and value as appropriate, such as: | |
11 | ||
12 | modprobe usbcore blinkenlights=1 | |
13 | ||
14 | Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image | |
15 | are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus | |
16 | '.' plus parameter name, with '=' and value if appropriate, such as: | |
17 | ||
18 | usbcore.blinkenlights=1 | |
19 | ||
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20 | This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command |
21 | "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable | |
22 | module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also | |
23 | reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these | |
24 | parameters may be changed at runtime by the command | |
25 | "echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}". | |
26 | ||
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27 | The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were |
28 | enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at | |
29 | the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a | |
30 | parameter is applicable: | |
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31 | |
32 | ACPI ACPI support is enabled. | |
c99c108a | 33 | AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled. |
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34 | ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. |
35 | APIC APIC support is enabled. | |
36 | APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. | |
e7ba176b | 37 | AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. |
1da177e4 | 38 | AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. |
0ae53640 | 39 | BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. |
a9913044 | 40 | DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. |
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41 | EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled |
42 | EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled | |
43 | EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. | |
44 | FB The frame buffer device is enabled. | |
45 | HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. | |
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46 | IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. |
47 | IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled. | |
41e2e8be | 48 | IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. |
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49 | ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. |
50 | ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. | |
51 | JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. | |
11ef697b | 52 | LIBATA Libata driver is enabled |
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53 | LP Printer support is enabled. |
54 | LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. | |
55 | M68k M68k architecture is enabled. | |
56 | These options have more detailed description inside of | |
57 | Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt. | |
58 | MCA MCA bus support is enabled. | |
59 | MDA MDA console support is enabled. | |
60 | MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. | |
309e57df | 61 | MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). |
c8facbb6 | 62 | MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. |
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63 | NET Appropriate network support is enabled. |
64 | NUMA NUMA support is enabled. | |
734efb46 | 65 | GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. |
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66 | NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. |
67 | OSS OSS sound support is enabled. | |
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68 | PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. |
69 | PARIDE The ParIDE (parallel port IDE) subsystem is enabled. | |
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70 | PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. |
71 | PCI PCI bus support is enabled. | |
7f785763 | 72 | PCIE PCI Express support is enabled. |
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73 | PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled. |
74 | PNP Plug & Play support is enabled. | |
75 | PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled. | |
76 | PPT Parallel port support is enabled. | |
77 | PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. | |
78 | RAM RAM disk support is enabled. | |
20510f2f | 79 | ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled. |
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80 | S390 S390 architecture is enabled. |
81 | SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. | |
82 | A lot of drivers has their options described inside of | |
83 | Documentation/scsi/. | |
20510f2f | 84 | SECURITY Different security models are enabled. |
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85 | SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. |
86 | SERIAL Serial support is enabled. | |
e523d93c | 87 | SH SuperH architecture is enabled. |
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88 | SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. |
89 | SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. | |
a9913044 | 90 | SWSUSP Software suspend is enabled. |
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91 | TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. |
92 | USB USB support is enabled. | |
93 | USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. | |
94 | V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. | |
95 | VGA The VGA console has been enabled. | |
96 | VT Virtual terminal support is enabled. | |
97 | WDT Watchdog support is enabled. | |
98 | XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 99 | X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled. |
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100 | X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. |
101 | More X86-64 boot options can be found in | |
102 | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt . | |
103 | ||
104 | In addition, the following text indicates that the option: | |
105 | ||
106 | BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor. | |
107 | KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter. | |
108 | BOOT Is a boot loader parameter. | |
109 | ||
110 | Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot | |
111 | loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. | |
112 | Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme | |
113 | need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>. | |
114 | ||
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115 | There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here. |
116 | See for example <Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt>. | |
117 | ||
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118 | Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that |
119 | a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will | |
120 | be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that | |
121 | it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs | |
122 | running once the system is up. | |
123 | ||
9c4751fd | 124 | The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the |
125 | complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to | |
126 | a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture | |
127 | and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |
128 | ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. | |
129 | ||
130 | ||
03d926f8 BW |
131 | acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386] |
132 | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface | |
a9913044 | 133 | Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq } |
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134 | force -- enable ACPI if default was off |
135 | off -- disable ACPI if default was on | |
136 | noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing | |
137 | ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading | |
a9913044 | 138 | strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not |
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139 | strictly ACPI specification compliant. |
140 | ||
141 | See also Documentation/pm.txt, pci=noacpi | |
142 | ||
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143 | acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] |
144 | Format: <int> | |
145 | 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available | |
146 | 1,0: use 1st APIC table | |
4e381a4f | 147 | default: 0 |
a1fdcc0d | 148 | |
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149 | acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options |
150 | Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode } | |
151 | See Documentation/power/video.txt | |
a9913044 | 152 | |
1da177e4 | 153 | acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode |
a9913044 | 154 | Format: { level | edge | high | low } |
1da177e4 | 155 | |
a9913044 RD |
156 | acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] |
157 | ACPI will balance active IRQs | |
158 | default in APIC mode | |
1da177e4 | 159 | |
a9913044 RD |
160 | acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI] |
161 | ACPI will not move active IRQs (default) | |
162 | default in PIC mode | |
1da177e4 | 163 | |
a9913044 RD |
164 | acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for |
165 | use by PCI | |
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166 | Format: <irq>,<irq>... |
167 | ||
a9913044 | 168 | acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA |
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169 | Format: <irq>,<irq>... |
170 | ||
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171 | acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT |
172 | ||
a1f9e65e LB |
173 | acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS |
174 | Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" | |
175 | ||
ae00d812 LB |
176 | acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings |
177 | acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string | |
178 | acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2 | |
179 | acpi_osi= # disable all strings | |
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180 | |
181 | acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods | |
182 | ||
183 | acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] | |
184 | Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. | |
185 | For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. | |
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186 | acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI} |
187 | Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards | |
188 | that require a timer override, but don't have | |
189 | HPET | |
1da177e4 | 190 | |
f989106c | 191 | acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI] |
1da177e4 | 192 | Format: <int> |
a9913044 | 193 | Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer, |
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194 | 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time |
195 | debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set | |
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196 | via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer. |
197 | CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output. | |
198 | Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable debug output | |
199 | for specific parts of the ACPI subsystem: | |
200 | 0x01 utilities 0x02 hardware 0x04 events 0x08 tables | |
201 | 0x10 namespace 0x20 parser 0x40 dispatcher | |
202 | 0x80 executer 0x100 resources 0x200 acpica debugger | |
203 | 0x400 os services 0x800 acpica disassembler. | |
204 | The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex. | |
205 | Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of | |
206 | output and make your system unusable. Be very careful. | |
207 | ||
208 | acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI] | |
1da177e4 | 209 | Format: <int> |
a9913044 | 210 | Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level, |
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211 | 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time |
212 | debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set | |
f989106c ZR |
213 | via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level. |
214 | CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output. | |
215 | Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable different | |
216 | debug output levels of the ACPI subsystem: | |
217 | 0x01 error 0x02 warn 0x04 init 0x08 debug object | |
218 | 0x10 info 0x20 init names 0x40 parse 0x80 load | |
219 | 0x100 dispatch 0x200 execute 0x400 names 0x800 operation region | |
220 | 0x1000 bfield 0x2000 tables 0x4000 values 0x8000 objects | |
221 | 0x10000 resources 0x20000 user requests 0x40000 package. | |
222 | The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex. | |
223 | Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of | |
224 | output and make your system unusable. Be very careful. | |
225 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 226 | acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64] |
5d0cf410 | 227 | Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel |
228 | to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value | |
229 | and always returns good values. | |
230 | ||
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231 | agp= [AGP] |
232 | { off | try_unsupported } | |
233 | off: disable AGP support | |
234 | try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets | |
235 | (may crash computer or cause data corruption) | |
236 | ||
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237 | enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] |
238 | Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer | |
a9913044 RD |
239 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs |
240 | (in particular on some ATI chipsets). | |
66759a01 CE |
241 | The kernel tries to set a reasonable default. |
242 | ||
243 | disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] | |
244 | Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer | |
245 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. | |
246 | ||
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247 | ad1848= [HW,OSS] |
248 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type> | |
249 | ||
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250 | advansys= [HW,SCSI] |
251 | See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. | |
252 | ||
253 | advwdt= [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT | |
254 | Format: <iostart>,<iostop> | |
255 | ||
256 | aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16 | |
257 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
258 | See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c. | |
a9913044 | 259 | |
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260 | aha152x= [HW,SCSI] |
261 | See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt. | |
262 | ||
263 | aha1542= [HW,SCSI] | |
264 | Format: <portbase>[,<buson>,<busoff>[,<dmaspeed>]] | |
265 | ||
266 | aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI] | |
267 | See Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt. | |
268 | ||
269 | aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
270 | See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. | |
271 | ||
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272 | amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support |
273 | Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT | |
274 | Format: <a>,<b> | |
275 | See also Documentation/kernel/input/joystick.txt | |
276 | ||
277 | analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support | |
278 | Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick | |
279 | connected to one of 16 gameports | |
280 | Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16> | |
281 | ||
a9913044 RD |
282 | apc= [HW,SPARC] |
283 | Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.) | |
1da177e4 LT |
284 | Format: noidle |
285 | Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does | |
286 | not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have | |
287 | APC and your system crashes randomly. | |
288 | ||
c8facbb6 RD |
289 | apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
290 | Change the output verbosity whilst booting | |
1da177e4 LT |
291 | Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } |
292 | Change the amount of debugging information output | |
293 | when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. | |
a9913044 | 294 | |
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295 | apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management |
296 | See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c. | |
297 | ||
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298 | arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards |
299 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> | |
300 | ||
301 | ataflop= [HW,M68k] | |
302 | ||
303 | atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse | |
304 | ||
305 | atascsi= [HW,SCSI] Atari SCSI | |
306 | ||
307 | atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess, | |
308 | EzKey and similar keyboards | |
309 | ||
310 | atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization | |
311 | ||
a9913044 RD |
312 | atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set |
313 | Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2) | |
1da177e4 LT |
314 | |
315 | atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar | |
316 | keyboards | |
317 | ||
318 | atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode | |
319 | Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default)) | |
a9913044 RD |
320 | |
321 | atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] | |
322 | Use software keyboard repeat | |
1da177e4 LT |
323 | |
324 | autotest [IA64] | |
325 | ||
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326 | baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] |
327 | Format: <io>,<mode> | |
a9913044 | 328 | |
1da177e4 LT |
329 | baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem |
330 | Format: <io>,<mode> | |
331 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c. | |
332 | ||
a9913044 RD |
333 | baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] |
334 | BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode) | |
1da177e4 LT |
335 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>] |
336 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c. | |
337 | ||
a9913044 RD |
338 | baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] |
339 | BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode) | |
1da177e4 LT |
340 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode> |
341 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. | |
342 | ||
bfe8df3d RD |
343 | boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. |
344 | Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to | |
345 | no delay (0). | |
346 | Format: integer | |
347 | ||
1da177e4 | 348 | bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) |
a9913044 RD |
349 | bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as |
350 | kernel args too. | |
1da177e4 LT |
351 | bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options |
352 | bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST | |
353 | ||
354 | BusLogic= [HW,SCSI] | |
355 | See drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c, comment before function | |
356 | BusLogic_ParseDriverOptions(). | |
357 | ||
358 | c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card | |
359 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 360 | cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection. |
1da177e4 LT |
361 | Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache |
362 | size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds | |
363 | to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not | |
364 | possible to determine what the correct size should be. | |
365 | This option provides an override for these situations. | |
366 | ||
20510f2f JM |
367 | capability.disable= |
368 | [SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally | |
369 | be used only if an alternative security model is to be | |
370 | configured. Potentially dangerous and should only be | |
371 | used if you are entirely sure of the consequences. | |
372 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
373 | checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. |
374 | Format: { "0" | "1" } | |
375 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
a9913044 RD |
376 | 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes |
377 | any implied execute protection). | |
1da177e4 LT |
378 | 1 -- check protection requested by application. |
379 | Default value is set via a kernel config option. | |
a9913044 RD |
380 | Value can be changed at runtime via |
381 | /selinux/checkreqprot. | |
382 | ||
661ca0da SO |
383 | cio_ignore= [S390] |
384 | See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. | |
385 | ||
386 | cio_msg= [S390] | |
387 | See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. | |
388 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 389 | clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. |
734efb46 | 390 | [Deprecated] |
3f6dee9b | 391 | Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used |
734efb46 | 392 | when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified |
3f6dee9b | 393 | clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. |
1da177e4 LT |
394 | Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } |
395 | ||
3d6ac984 RD |
396 | clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource |
397 | Format: <string> | |
398 | Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource | |
399 | with the name specified. | |
400 | Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on | |
401 | the platform: | |
402 | [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource) | |
403 | [ACPI] acpi_pm | |
404 | [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, | |
405 | pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 | |
406 | [AVR32] avr32 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 407 | [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer; |
3d6ac984 RD |
408 | scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 |
409 | [MIPS] MIPS | |
410 | [PARISC] cr16 | |
411 | [S390] tod | |
412 | [SH] SuperH | |
413 | [SPARC64] tick | |
414 | [X86-64] hpet,tsc | |
415 | ||
86c41837 CE |
416 | code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an |
417 | oops report. | |
418 | Range: 0 - 8192 | |
419 | Default: 64 | |
420 | ||
f9262c12 AK |
421 | disable_8254_timer |
422 | enable_8254_timer | |
423 | [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing | |
424 | over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The | |
425 | kernel tries to set a sensible default. | |
426 | ||
b17530bd TG |
427 | hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage |
428 | Format: { enable (default) | disable | force } | |
429 | disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead | |
d79a5f80 CC |
430 | force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4, |
431 | VIA, nVidia) | |
1da177e4 | 432 | |
1da177e4 | 433 | com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset |
a9913044 RD |
434 | Format: |
435 | <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] | |
1da177e4 LT |
436 | |
437 | com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers) | |
438 | Format: <io>[,<irq>] | |
439 | ||
a9913044 RD |
440 | com90xx= [HW,NET] |
441 | ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers) | |
1da177e4 LT |
442 | Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]] |
443 | ||
444 | condev= [HW,S390] console device | |
445 | conmode= | |
a9913044 | 446 | |
1da177e4 LT |
447 | console= [KNL] Output console device and options. |
448 | ||
449 | tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. | |
450 | ||
451 | ttyS<n>[,options] | |
f1a1c2dc | 452 | ttyUSB0[,options] |
1da177e4 | 453 | Use the specified serial port. The options are of |
f1a1c2dc RD |
454 | the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, |
455 | "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of | |
456 | bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or | |
457 | omit it). Default is "9600n8". | |
458 | ||
459 | See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more | |
460 | information. See | |
461 | Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an | |
462 | alternative. | |
1da177e4 | 463 | |
18a8bd94 YL |
464 | uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] |
465 | uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] | |
1da177e4 LT |
466 | Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 |
467 | UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, | |
468 | switching to the matching ttyS device later. The | |
469 | options are the same as for ttyS, above. | |
470 | ||
18a8bd94 YL |
471 | earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. |
472 | uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] | |
473 | uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] | |
474 | Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 | |
475 | UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. | |
476 | The options are the same as for ttyS, above. | |
477 | ||
8f4ce8c3 AS |
478 | no_console_suspend |
479 | [HW] Never suspend the console | |
480 | Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and | |
481 | hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging | |
482 | messages can reach various consoles while the rest | |
483 | of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while | |
484 | debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may | |
485 | not work reliably with all consoles, but is known | |
486 | to work with serial and VGA consoles. | |
487 | ||
1da177e4 | 488 | cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver |
a9913044 RD |
489 | Format: |
490 | <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] | |
1da177e4 | 491 | |
dc009d92 EB |
492 | crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] |
493 | [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to | |
494 | hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic. | |
495 | ||
fb391599 BW |
496 | crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] |
497 | [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory | |
498 | in the running system. The syntax of range is | |
499 | start-[end] where start and end are both | |
500 | a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also | |
501 | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example. | |
502 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
503 | cs4232= [HW,OSS] |
504 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq> | |
505 | ||
506 | cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] | |
507 | Format: <dma> | |
508 | ||
509 | cs89x0_media= [HW,NET] | |
510 | Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc } | |
a9913044 | 511 | |
a9913044 | 512 | dasd= [HW,NET] |
1da177e4 LT |
513 | See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c. |
514 | ||
515 | db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port | |
516 | (one device per port) | |
517 | Format: <port#>,<type> | |
518 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt | |
519 | ||
520 | debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). | |
521 | ||
cae2ed9a IM |
522 | debug_locks_verbose= |
523 | [KNL] verbose self-tests | |
524 | Format=<0|1> | |
525 | Print debugging info while doing the locking API | |
526 | self-tests. | |
527 | We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to | |
528 | 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally | |
529 | only useful to kernel developers. | |
530 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
531 | decnet= [HW,NET] |
532 | Format: <area>[,<node>] | |
533 | See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. | |
534 | ||
ecb77fa9 | 535 | vt.default_blu= [VT] |
55ff9780 AD |
536 | Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15> |
537 | Change the default blue palette of the console. | |
538 | This is a 16-member array composed of values | |
539 | ranging from 0-255. | |
540 | ||
ecb77fa9 | 541 | vt.default_grn= [VT] |
55ff9780 AD |
542 | Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15> |
543 | Change the default green palette of the console. | |
544 | This is a 16-member array composed of values | |
545 | ranging from 0-255. | |
546 | ||
ecb77fa9 | 547 | vt.default_red= [VT] |
55ff9780 AD |
548 | Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15> |
549 | Change the default red palette of the console. | |
550 | This is a 16-member array composed of values | |
551 | ranging from 0-255. | |
552 | ||
ecb77fa9 ST |
553 | vt.default_utf8= |
554 | [VT] | |
55ff9780 AD |
555 | Format=<0|1> |
556 | Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's. | |
ecb77fa9 ST |
557 | Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all |
558 | newly opened terminals. | |
55ff9780 | 559 | |
1da177e4 LT |
560 | dhash_entries= [KNL] |
561 | Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. | |
a9913044 | 562 | |
1da177e4 LT |
563 | digi= [HW,SERIAL] |
564 | IO parameters + enable/disable command. | |
565 | ||
566 | digiepca= [HW,SERIAL] | |
567 | See drivers/char/README.epca and | |
568 | Documentation/digiepca.txt. | |
569 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
570 | dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers |
571 | ||
572 | dscc4.setup= [NET] | |
573 | ||
574 | dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI] | |
575 | ||
0ae53640 | 576 | earlyprintk= [X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN] |
1da177e4 LT |
577 | earlyprintk=vga |
578 | earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] | |
579 | ||
a9913044 | 580 | Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console |
1da177e4 LT |
581 | takes over. |
582 | ||
583 | Only vga or serial at a time, not both. | |
584 | ||
585 | Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported. | |
586 | ||
587 | Interaction with the standard serial driver is not | |
588 | very good. | |
589 | ||
590 | The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real | |
591 | console. | |
592 | ||
593 | eata= [HW,SCSI] | |
594 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
595 | edd= [EDD] |
596 | Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"} | |
597 | See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S | |
598 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
599 | eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] |
600 | See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. | |
601 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 602 | elanfreq= [X86-32] |
1da177e4 LT |
603 | See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in |
604 | arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. | |
605 | ||
606 | elevator= [IOSCHED] | |
16ab3adf | 607 | Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"} |
a9913044 RD |
608 | See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and |
609 | Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. | |
610 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 611 | elfcorehdr= [X86-32, X86_64] |
a9913044 | 612 | Specifies physical address of start of kernel core |
aac04b32 VG |
613 | image elf header. Generally kexec loader will |
614 | pass this option to capture kernel. | |
615 | See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details. | |
1da177e4 LT |
616 | |
617 | enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. | |
618 | Format: {"0" | "1"} | |
619 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
620 | 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials). | |
621 | 1 -- enforcing (deny and log). | |
622 | Default value is 0. | |
623 | Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce. | |
624 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
625 | es1371= [HW,OSS] |
626 | Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]] | |
627 | See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c. | |
a9913044 | 628 | |
1da177e4 LT |
629 | ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters |
630 | This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which | |
631 | has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. | |
632 | ||
633 | eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog. | |
634 | Format: <io>[,<irq>] | |
635 | ||
de1ba09b AM |
636 | failslab= |
637 | fail_page_alloc= | |
638 | fail_make_request=[KNL] | |
639 | General fault injection mechanism. | |
640 | Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> | |
641 | See also /Documentation/fault-injection/. | |
642 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
643 | fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI] |
644 | See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c. | |
645 | ||
646 | fdomain= [HW,SCSI] | |
647 | See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c. | |
648 | ||
649 | floppy= [HW] | |
650 | See Documentation/floppy.txt. | |
651 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
652 | gamecon.map[2|3]= |
653 | [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad | |
654 | support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) | |
655 | Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5> | |
656 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt | |
657 | ||
658 | gamma= [HW,DRM] | |
659 | ||
660 | gdth= [HW,SCSI] | |
661 | See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c. | |
662 | ||
663 | gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but | |
664 | invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. | |
665 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
666 | gvp11= [HW,SCSI] |
667 | ||
668 | hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot | |
669 | are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on | |
670 | for IA-64, off otherwise. | |
a9913044 | 671 | Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) |
1da177e4 LT |
672 | |
673 | hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer | |
674 | ||
675 | hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry | |
676 | Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect> | |
677 | ||
678 | hd?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem | |
679 | hd?lun= See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
680 | ||
681 | highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact | |
682 | size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no | |
683 | highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem | |
684 | size on bigger boxes. | |
685 | ||
54cdfdb4 TG |
686 | highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode. |
687 | Valid parameters: "on", "off" | |
688 | Default: "on" | |
689 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
690 | hisax= [HW,ISDN] |
691 | See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax. | |
692 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 693 | hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages. |
1da177e4 | 694 | |
1da177e4 | 695 | i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode |
84eb8d06 ML |
696 | i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from |
697 | keyboard and cannot control its state | |
1da177e4 LT |
698 | (Don't attempt to blink the leds) |
699 | i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port | |
945ef0d4 | 700 | i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port |
1da177e4 LT |
701 | i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing |
702 | controller | |
703 | i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX | |
704 | controllers | |
705 | i8042.panicblink= | |
706 | [HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink | |
707 | when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec) | |
708 | i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup | |
709 | i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock | |
710 | ||
711 | i810= [HW,DRM] | |
712 | ||
e70c9d5e DT |
713 | i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data |
714 | indicates that the driver is running on unsupported | |
715 | hardware. | |
1da177e4 LT |
716 | i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature |
717 | does not match list of supported models. | |
718 | i8k.power_status | |
719 | [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k | |
720 | (disabled by default) | |
721 | i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN | |
722 | capability is set. | |
723 | ||
724 | ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter | |
725 | See Documentation/mca.txt. | |
726 | ||
727 | icn= [HW,ISDN] | |
728 | Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]] | |
729 | ||
730 | ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem | |
731 | Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler or ide=reverse | |
732 | See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
733 | ||
734 | ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem | |
735 | Format: ide?=noprobe or chipset specific parameters. | |
736 | See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
a9913044 | 737 | |
1da177e4 LT |
738 | idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed |
739 | See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
740 | ||
f039b754 AK |
741 | idle= [X86] |
742 | Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait | |
743 | Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance | |
744 | of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system | |
745 | run hot. Not recommended. | |
746 | idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose | |
747 | to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle | |
748 | loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same | |
749 | as idle=poll. | |
a9913044 | 750 | |
79290822 IM |
751 | ignore_loglevel [KNL] |
752 | Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ | |
753 | kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. | |
754 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
755 | ihash_entries= [KNL] |
756 | Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. | |
757 | ||
758 | in2000= [HW,SCSI] | |
759 | See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c. | |
760 | ||
761 | init= [KNL] | |
762 | Format: <full_path> | |
763 | Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init | |
764 | process. | |
765 | ||
766 | initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful | |
767 | for working out where the kernel is dying during | |
768 | startup. | |
769 | ||
770 | initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk | |
771 | ||
772 | inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver | |
773 | Format: <irq> | |
774 | ||
775 | inttest= [IA64] | |
776 | ||
ba395927 KA |
777 | intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option |
778 | off | |
779 | Disable intel iommu driver. | |
780 | igfx_off [Default Off] | |
781 | By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx | |
782 | device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is | |
783 | bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In | |
784 | this case, gfx device will use physical address for | |
785 | DMA. | |
7d3b03ce KA |
786 | forcedac [x86_64] |
787 | With this option iommu will not optimize to look | |
788 | for io virtual address below 32 bit forcing dual | |
789 | address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater | |
790 | than 32 bit addressing. The default is to look | |
791 | for translation below 32 bit and if not available | |
792 | then look in the higher range. | |
ba395927 | 793 | |
1da177e4 LT |
794 | io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems |
795 | See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in | |
796 | arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. | |
797 | ||
798 | ip= [IP_PNP] | |
799 | See Documentation/nfsroot.txt. | |
800 | ||
801 | ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards | |
c8facbb6 RD |
802 | See comment before ip2_setup() in |
803 | drivers/char/ip2/ip2base.c. | |
1da177e4 LT |
804 | |
805 | ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller | |
806 | See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. | |
807 | ||
72c4a13a SH |
808 | ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module |
809 | Default is 21. | |
810 | Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports | |
811 | may be specified. | |
812 | Format: <port>,<port>.... | |
813 | ||
200803df AC |
814 | irqfixup [HW] |
815 | When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers | |
816 | for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken | |
817 | firmware running. | |
818 | ||
819 | irqpoll [HW] | |
820 | When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers | |
821 | for it. Also check all handlers each timer | |
822 | interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken | |
823 | firmware running. | |
824 | ||
1da177e4 | 825 | isapnp= [ISAPNP] |
a9913044 | 826 | Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> |
1da177e4 LT |
827 | |
828 | isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. | |
22f2e280 DF |
829 | Format: |
830 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> | |
831 | or | |
832 | <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order) | |
833 | or a mixture | |
834 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> | |
1da177e4 LT |
835 | This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs |
836 | to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling | |
837 | algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off | |
838 | an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls. | |
839 | <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is | |
840 | "number of CPUs in system - 1". | |
841 | ||
842 | This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The | |
a9913044 RD |
843 | alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all |
844 | tasks in the system -- can cause problems and | |
845 | suboptimal load balancer performance. | |
1da177e4 | 846 | |
a9913044 | 847 | iucv= [HW,NET] |
1da177e4 LT |
848 | |
849 | js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick | |
850 | See Documentation/input/joystick.txt. | |
851 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 852 | kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter |
ed7ed365 MG |
853 | specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel |
854 | for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is | |
855 | spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The | |
856 | remaining memory in each node is used for Movable | |
857 | pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both | |
858 | kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will | |
859 | take priority and other nodes will have a larger number | |
860 | of kernelcore pages. The Movable zone is used for the | |
861 | allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved | |
862 | by the page migration subsystem. This means that | |
863 | HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone. | |
864 | Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still | |
865 | use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal | |
866 | zone if it does not. | |
867 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 868 | movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter |
7e63efef MG |
869 | is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the |
870 | amount of memory used for migratable allocations. | |
871 | If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified, | |
872 | then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified | |
873 | value but may be more. If movablecore on its own | |
874 | is specified, the administrator must be careful | |
875 | that the amount of memory usable for all allocations | |
876 | is not too small. | |
877 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
878 | keepinitrd [HW,ARM] |
879 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 880 | kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack |
1da177e4 LT |
881 | in oops dumps. |
882 | ||
883 | l2cr= [PPC] | |
884 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 885 | lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS |
a9913044 | 886 | disabled it. |
1da177e4 | 887 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 888 | lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in |
e585bef8 TG |
889 | C2 power state. |
890 | ||
fcb71f6f FC |
891 | libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control |
892 | libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA | |
893 | libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only | |
894 | libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only | |
895 | libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only | |
896 | Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA | |
897 | for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs. | |
898 | ||
78e70c23 DJ |
899 | libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume |
900 | when set. | |
901 | Format: <int> | |
902 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
903 | load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy |
904 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | |
905 | ||
a6b25b67 RD |
906 | lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. |
907 | Format: <integer> | |
1da177e4 | 908 | |
a6b25b67 RD |
909 | lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port. |
910 | Format: <integer> | |
911 | ||
912 | lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value. | |
913 | Format: <integer> | |
914 | ||
915 | lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port. | |
916 | Format: <integer> | |
1da177e4 LT |
917 | |
918 | logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver | |
919 | Format: <irq> | |
920 | ||
921 | loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the | |
922 | console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can | |
923 | also be changed with klogd or other programs. The | |
924 | loglevels are defined as follows: | |
925 | ||
926 | 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable | |
927 | 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately | |
928 | 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions | |
929 | 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions | |
930 | 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions | |
931 | 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition | |
932 | 6 (KERN_INFO) informational | |
933 | 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages | |
934 | ||
935 | log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes. | |
a9913044 RD |
936 | Format: { n | nk | nM } |
937 | n must be a power of two. The default size | |
938 | is set in the kernel config file. | |
1da177e4 | 939 | |
accaa24c RD |
940 | logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. |
941 | This may be used to provide more screen space for | |
942 | kernel log messages and is useful when debugging | |
943 | kernel boot problems. | |
944 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
945 | lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g, |
946 | lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses | |
947 | lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the | |
948 | lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be | |
949 | specified in addition to the ports) causes | |
950 | attached printers to be reset. Using | |
951 | lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports | |
952 | to associate lp devices with, starting with | |
953 | lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip | |
954 | that lp device, or a parport name such as | |
955 | 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a | |
956 | port specification list means that device IDs | |
957 | from each port should be examined, to see if | |
958 | an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if | |
959 | so, the driver will manage that printer. | |
960 | See also header of drivers/char/lp.c. | |
961 | ||
962 | lpj=n [KNL] | |
963 | Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding | |
964 | time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per | |
965 | CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine | |
966 | the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal | |
967 | autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that | |
968 | on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs, | |
969 | which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need | |
970 | significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value | |
971 | will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to | |
972 | unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although | |
973 | unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your | |
974 | hardware. | |
975 | ||
976 | ltpc= [NET] | |
977 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> | |
978 | ||
a9913044 RD |
979 | mac5380= [HW,SCSI] Format: |
980 | <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> | |
1da177e4 | 981 | |
a9913044 RD |
982 | mac53c9x= [HW,SCSI] Format: |
983 | <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> | |
1da177e4 | 984 | |
a9913044 RD |
985 | machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector |
986 | (machvec) in a generic kernel. | |
987 | Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb | |
1da177e4 | 988 | |
a9913044 | 989 | max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can |
1da177e4 LT |
990 | be mounted |
991 | Format: <1-256> | |
992 | ||
993 | maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel | |
61ec7567 LB |
994 | should make use of. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the |
995 | kernel to using 'n' processors. n=0 is a special case, | |
996 | it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables | |
997 | the IO APIC. | |
1da177e4 | 998 | |
2b2c3750 BP |
999 | max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or |
1000 | equal to this physical address is ignored. | |
1001 | ||
a9913044 | 1002 | max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe. |
1da177e4 LT |
1003 | Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. |
1004 | ||
1005 | max_report_luns= | |
a9913044 | 1006 | [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received. |
1da177e4 LT |
1007 | Should be between 1 and 16384. |
1008 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1009 | mca-pentium [BUGS=X86-32] |
1da177e4 LT |
1010 | |
1011 | mcatest= [IA-64] | |
1012 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1013 | mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception |
1da177e4 | 1014 | |
909dd324 AK |
1015 | mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt |
1016 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1017 | md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level |
1018 | See Documentation/md.txt. | |
a9913044 | 1019 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1020 | mdacon= [MDA] |
1021 | Format: <first>,<last> | |
1022 | Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA. | |
a9913044 | 1023 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1024 | mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory |
1025 | Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able | |
1026 | to see the whole system memory or for test. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1027 | [X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical |
1da177e4 LT |
1028 | address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices |
1029 | could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM. | |
1030 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1031 | mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel |
1da177e4 LT |
1032 | memory. |
1033 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1034 | memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact |
1da177e4 LT |
1035 | E820 memory map, as specified by the user. |
1036 | Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on | |
1037 | BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss | |
1038 | option description. | |
1039 | ||
1040 | memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] | |
1041 | [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory | |
1042 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
1043 | ||
1044 | memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] | |
1045 | [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. | |
1046 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
1047 | ||
1048 | memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] | |
1049 | [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. | |
1050 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
1051 | ||
1052 | meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters | |
1053 | See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt. | |
1054 | ||
8f36881b AS |
1055 | mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the |
1056 | Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode | |
1057 | platforms. | |
1058 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1059 | mga= [HW,DRM] |
1060 | ||
1061 | mousedev.tap_time= | |
1062 | [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and | |
1063 | leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered | |
1064 | a tap and be reported as a left button click (for | |
1065 | touchpads working in absolute mode only). | |
1066 | Format: <msecs> | |
1067 | mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices | |
1068 | reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets | |
1069 | mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices | |
1070 | reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets | |
1071 | ||
1072 | mpu401= [HW,OSS] | |
1073 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
1074 | ||
1075 | MTD_Partition= [MTD] | |
1076 | Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> | |
1077 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1078 | MTD_Region= [MTD] Format: |
1079 | <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>] | |
1da177e4 LT |
1080 | |
1081 | mtdparts= [MTD] | |
c8facbb6 | 1082 | See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c. |
1da177e4 LT |
1083 | |
1084 | mtouchusb.raw_coordinates= | |
a9913044 RD |
1085 | [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates |
1086 | ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n') | |
1da177e4 LT |
1087 | |
1088 | n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card | |
1089 | ||
1090 | NCR_D700= [HW,SCSI] | |
1091 | See header of drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c. | |
1092 | ||
1093 | ncr5380= [HW,SCSI] | |
1094 | ||
1095 | ncr53c400= [HW,SCSI] | |
1096 | ||
1097 | ncr53c400a= [HW,SCSI] | |
1098 | ||
1099 | ncr53c406a= [HW,SCSI] | |
1100 | ||
1101 | ncr53c8xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
1102 | ||
1103 | netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters | |
1104 | Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name> | |
1105 | Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean | |
1106 | something different and driver-specific. | |
a9913044 RD |
1107 | This usage is only documented in each driver source |
1108 | file if at all. | |
1109 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1110 | nfsaddrs= [NFS] |
1111 | See Documentation/nfsroot.txt. | |
1112 | ||
1113 | nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes. | |
1114 | See Documentation/nfsroot.txt. | |
1115 | ||
a72b4422 TM |
1116 | nfs.callback_tcpport= |
1117 | [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback | |
1118 | channel should listen. | |
1119 | ||
58df095b TM |
1120 | nfs.idmap_cache_timeout= |
1121 | [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache | |
1122 | entries. | |
1123 | ||
f43bf0be TM |
1124 | nfs.enable_ino64= |
1125 | [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers. | |
1126 | If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode | |
1127 | number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead | |
1128 | of returning the full 64-bit number. | |
1129 | The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. | |
1130 | ||
e7ba176b HS |
1131 | nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32] Specify one or more actions to take |
1132 | when a NMI is triggered. | |
1133 | Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] | |
1134 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1135 | nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels |
1da177e4 | 1136 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1137 | no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths |
1da177e4 LT |
1138 | emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor |
1139 | is present. | |
1140 | ||
c1aee215 CL |
1141 | noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien |
1142 | caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, | |
1143 | but will impact performance. | |
3395ee05 | 1144 | |
a9913044 RD |
1145 | noalign [KNL,ARM] |
1146 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1147 | noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any |
1148 | IOAPICs that may be present in the system. | |
1149 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1150 | nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem |
1151 | on "Classic" PPC cores. | |
1152 | ||
1153 | nocache [ARM] | |
a9913044 | 1154 | |
163ecdff SN |
1155 | nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting |
1156 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1157 | nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects. |
1158 | ||
1159 | noexec [IA-64] | |
1160 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1161 | noexec [X86-32,X86-64] |
1da177e4 LT |
1162 | noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) |
1163 | noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings | |
1164 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1165 | nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended |
4f886511 CE |
1166 | register save and restore. The kernel will only save |
1167 | legacy floating-point registers on task switch. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1168 | |
1169 | nohlt [BUGS=ARM] | |
a9913044 | 1170 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1171 | no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt |
1da177e4 LT |
1172 | instruction doesn't work correctly and not to |
1173 | use it. | |
1174 | ||
1175 | nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving | |
1176 | function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases | |
1177 | power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces | |
1178 | interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance | |
1179 | in certain environments such as networked servers or | |
1180 | real-time systems. | |
1181 | ||
79bf2bb3 TG |
1182 | nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks |
1183 | Valid arguments: on, off | |
1184 | Default: on | |
1185 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1186 | noirqbalance [X86-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing |
8542b200 | 1187 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1188 | noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and |
1da177e4 LT |
1189 | disable unhandled interrupt sources. |
1190 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1191 | no_timer_check [X86-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for |
8542b200 ZA |
1192 | broken timer IRQ sources. |
1193 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1194 | noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. |
1195 | ||
1196 | noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured | |
1197 | initial RAM disk. | |
1198 | ||
1199 | nointroute [IA-64] | |
1200 | ||
0aa366f3 TL |
1201 | nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. |
1202 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1203 | nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. |
1da177e4 | 1204 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1205 | nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. |
ad62ca2b | 1206 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1207 | noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel |
1208 | lowmem mapping on PPC40x. | |
1209 | ||
312f1f01 H |
1210 | nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling |
1211 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1212 | nomce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception |
abe37e5a | 1213 | |
83d7384f AS |
1214 | nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose |
1215 | Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). | |
1216 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1217 | noreplace-paravirt [X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops |
959b4fdf | 1218 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1219 | noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions |
b7fb4af0 JF |
1220 | with UP alternatives |
1221 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1222 | noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. |
1223 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1224 | noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap |
1225 | space. | |
1226 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1227 | no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback. |
1228 | This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille | |
1229 | reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany). | |
1230 | ||
1231 | nosbagart [IA-64] | |
1232 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1233 | nosep [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support. |
4f886511 | 1234 | |
61ec7567 LB |
1235 | nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel, |
1236 | and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0". | |
1da177e4 | 1237 | |
97842216 DJ |
1238 | nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. |
1239 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1240 | nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. |
1241 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1242 | notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter |
1da177e4 LT |
1243 | |
1244 | nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem | |
1245 | ||
1246 | nowb [ARM] | |
a9913044 | 1247 | |
f0c0b2b8 KH |
1248 | numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA. |
1249 | one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified | |
1250 | This can be set from sysctl after boot. | |
1251 | See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details. | |
1252 | ||
a61c2d78 DJ |
1253 | nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. |
1254 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1255 | opl3= [HW,OSS] |
1256 | Format: <io> | |
1257 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1258 | oprofile.timer= [HW] |
1259 | Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters | |
1260 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1261 | osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver |
1262 | Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold> | |
1263 | See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt. | |
1264 | ||
1265 | panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic | |
1266 | Format: <timeout> | |
1267 | ||
1268 | parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is | |
1269 | connected to, default is 0. | |
1270 | Format: <parport#> | |
1271 | parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation, | |
1272 | 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT). | |
a9913044 RD |
1273 | Format: <mode> |
1274 | ||
1275 | parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables. | |
1276 | Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] } | |
1277 | Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any | |
1278 | IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to | |
1279 | ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of | |
1280 | possible conflicts). You can specify the base | |
1281 | address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA | |
1282 | should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected | |
1283 | settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo' | |
1284 | (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected). | |
1285 | Parallel ports are assigned in the order they | |
1286 | are specified on the command line, starting | |
1287 | with parport0. | |
1288 | ||
1289 | parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT] | |
1290 | Configure VIA parallel port to operate in | |
1291 | a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos | |
1292 | computer where firmware has no options for setting | |
1293 | up parallel port mode and sets it to spp. | |
1294 | Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1295 | Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp] |
1296 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1297 | pas2= [HW,OSS] Format: |
1298 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16> | |
1299 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1300 | pas16= [HW,SCSI] |
1301 | See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. | |
1302 | ||
dd287796 AM |
1303 | pause_on_oops= |
1304 | Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for | |
1305 | the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if | |
1306 | your oopses keep scrolling off the screen. | |
1307 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1308 | pcbit= [HW,ISDN] |
1309 | ||
1310 | pcd. [PARIDE] | |
1311 | See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c. | |
1312 | See also Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1313 | ||
a9913044 | 1314 | pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options: |
cd4f0ef7 AC |
1315 | off [X86-32] don't probe for the PCI bus |
1316 | bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access | |
a9913044 RD |
1317 | the hardware directly. Use this if your machine |
1318 | has a non-standard PCI host bridge. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1319 | nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct |
a9913044 RD |
1320 | hardware access methods are allowed. Use this |
1321 | if you experience crashes upon bootup and you | |
1322 | suspect they are caused by the BIOS. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1323 | conf1 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration |
a9913044 | 1324 | Mechanism 1. |
cd4f0ef7 | 1325 | conf2 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration |
a9913044 | 1326 | Mechanism 2. |
7f785763 RD |
1327 | noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is |
1328 | enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to | |
1329 | disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting. | |
32a2eea7 JG |
1330 | nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI |
1331 | root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak). | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1332 | nommconf [X86-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI |
61be6d66 | 1333 | Configuration |
309e57df MW |
1334 | nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is |
1335 | enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to | |
1336 | disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1337 | nosort [X86-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to |
a9913044 RD |
1338 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is |
1339 | done to get a device order compatible with | |
1340 | older kernels. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1341 | biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt |
a9913044 RD |
1342 | routing table. These calls are known to be buggy |
1343 | on several machines and they hang the machine | |
1344 | when used, but on other computers it's the only | |
1345 | way to get the interrupt routing table. Try | |
1346 | this option if the kernel is unable to allocate | |
1347 | IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your | |
1348 | motherboard. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1349 | rom [X86-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs. |
a9913044 RD |
1350 | Use with caution as certain devices share |
1351 | address decoders between ROMs and other | |
1352 | resources. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1353 | irqmask=0xMMMM [X86-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be |
a9913044 RD |
1354 | assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can |
1355 | make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards | |
1356 | this way. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1357 | pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86-32] Specify the physical address |
a9913044 RD |
1358 | of the PIRQ table (normally generated |
1359 | by the BIOS) if it is outside the | |
1360 | F0000h-100000h range. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1361 | lastbus=N [X86-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be |
a9913044 RD |
1362 | useful if the kernel is unable to find your |
1363 | secondary buses and you want to tell it | |
1364 | explicitly which ones they are. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1365 | assign-busses [X86-32] Always assign all PCI bus |
a9913044 RD |
1366 | numbers ourselves, overriding |
1367 | whatever the firmware may have done. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1368 | usepirqmask [X86-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored |
a9913044 RD |
1369 | in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on |
1370 | some systems with broken BIOSes, notably | |
1371 | some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3 | |
1372 | notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI | |
1373 | IRQ routing is enabled. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1374 | noacpi [X86-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing |
a9913044 | 1375 | or for PCI scanning. |
62f420f8 GH |
1376 | use_crs [X86-32] Use _CRS for PCI resource |
1377 | allocation. | |
a9913044 RD |
1378 | routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. |
1379 | This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), | |
1380 | so this option is a temporary workaround | |
1381 | for broken drivers that don't call it. | |
1382 | firmware [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead | |
1383 | just use the configuration from the | |
1384 | bootloader. This is currently used on | |
1385 | IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be | |
1386 | configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs. | |
0637a70a AK |
1387 | noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning. |
1388 | This might help on some broken boards which | |
1389 | machine check when some devices' config space | |
1390 | is read. But various workarounds are disabled | |
1391 | and some IOMMU drivers will not work. | |
6b4b78fe MD |
1392 | bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. |
1393 | This sorting is done to get a device | |
1394 | order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels. | |
1395 | nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. | |
4516a618 AN |
1396 | cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is |
1397 | reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window. | |
1398 | The default value is 256 bytes. | |
1399 | cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is | |
1400 | reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory | |
1401 | window. The default value is 64 megabytes. | |
6b4b78fe | 1402 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1403 | pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 |
1404 | ||
1405 | pd. [PARIDE] | |
1406 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1407 | ||
1408 | pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at | |
1409 | boot time. | |
1410 | Format: { 0 | 1 } | |
1411 | See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c | |
1412 | ||
1413 | pf. [PARIDE] | |
1414 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1415 | ||
1416 | pg. [PARIDE] | |
1417 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1418 | ||
1419 | pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup | |
1420 | See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt. | |
1421 | ||
1422 | plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link | |
1423 | Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } | |
1424 | See also Documentation/parport.txt. | |
1425 | ||
1426 | pnpacpi= [ACPI] | |
1427 | { off } | |
1428 | ||
1429 | pnpbios= [ISAPNP] | |
1430 | { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res } | |
1431 | ||
1432 | pnp_reserve_irq= | |
1433 | [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration | |
1434 | ||
1435 | pnp_reserve_dma= | |
1436 | [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration | |
1437 | ||
1438 | pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration | |
a9913044 | 1439 | Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size). |
1da177e4 LT |
1440 | |
1441 | pnp_reserve_mem= | |
a9913044 RD |
1442 | [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the |
1443 | autoconfiguration. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1444 | Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). |
1445 | ||
45807a1d IM |
1446 | print-fatal-signals= |
1447 | [KNL] debug: print fatal signals | |
1448 | print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to | |
1449 | the kernel console. | |
1450 | default: off. | |
1451 | ||
e84845c4 RD |
1452 | printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line |
1453 | Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) | |
1454 | ||
1da177e4 | 1455 | profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile |
a9913044 RD |
1456 | Format: [schedule,]<number> |
1457 | Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. | |
1458 | Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for | |
1459 | statistical time based profiling. | |
b3da2a73 MG |
1460 | Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs). |
1461 | Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS | |
c0fe2e69 | 1462 | Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits. |
1da177e4 | 1463 | |
a9913044 | 1464 | processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] |
1da177e4 LT |
1465 | Limit processor to maximum C-state |
1466 | max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit. | |
1467 | ||
41c0d868 LB |
1468 | processor.nocst [HW,ACPI] |
1469 | Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states, | |
1470 | instead using the legacy FADT method | |
1471 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1472 | prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk |
1473 | before loading. | |
1474 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | |
1475 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1476 | psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to |
1477 | probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). | |
1da177e4 LT |
1478 | psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports |
1479 | per second. | |
a9913044 RD |
1480 | psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE] |
1481 | Try to reset the device after so many bad packets | |
1da177e4 LT |
1482 | (0 = never). |
1483 | psmouse.resolution= | |
1484 | [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi. | |
1485 | psmouse.smartscroll= | |
a9913044 | 1486 | [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. |
1da177e4 LT |
1487 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). |
1488 | ||
1489 | pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614) | |
a9913044 RD |
1490 | Format: |
1491 | <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
1da177e4 LT |
1492 | |
1493 | pt. [PARIDE] | |
1494 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1495 | ||
dc8c8587 KS |
1496 | pty.legacy_count= |
1497 | [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in | |
1498 | default number. | |
1499 | ||
7d2c502f | 1500 | quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages |
a9913044 | 1501 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1502 | r128= [HW,DRM] |
1503 | ||
1504 | raid= [HW,RAID] | |
1505 | See Documentation/md.txt. | |
1506 | ||
a9913044 | 1507 | ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] |
1da177e4 | 1508 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. |
a9913044 | 1509 | |
1da177e4 | 1510 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes |
1da177e4 LT |
1511 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. |
1512 | ||
21a1ea9e DS |
1513 | rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished |
1514 | RCU callbacks to process in one batch. | |
1515 | ||
1516 | rcu.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued | |
1517 | RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. | |
1518 | ||
1519 | rcu.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued | |
1520 | RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled. | |
1521 | ||
ffdfc409 OJ |
1522 | rdinit= [KNL] |
1523 | Format: <full_path> | |
1524 | Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, | |
1525 | used for early userspace startup. See initrd. | |
1526 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1527 | reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode |
1da177e4 | 1528 | Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]] |
e53dd083 | 1529 | See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c |
1da177e4 LT |
1530 | |
1531 | reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area | |
1532 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1533 | reservetop= [X86-32] |
461a9aff ZA |
1534 | Format: nn[KMG] |
1535 | Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual | |
1536 | address space. | |
1537 | ||
7e96287d VG |
1538 | reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device |
1539 | during initialization. | |
1540 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1541 | resume= [SWSUSP] |
1542 | Specify the partition device for software suspend | |
1da177e4 | 1543 | |
ecbd0da1 RW |
1544 | resume_offset= [SWSUSP] |
1545 | Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition | |
1546 | given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located, | |
1547 | in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). | |
1548 | See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt | |
1549 | ||
0a7b35cb MN |
1550 | retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction |
1551 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1552 | rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] |
1553 | Set number of hash buckets for route cache | |
1554 | ||
1555 | riscom8= [HW,SERIAL] | |
1556 | Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]] | |
1557 | ||
1558 | ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot | |
1559 | ||
1560 | root= [KNL] Root filesystem | |
1561 | ||
1562 | rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to | |
1563 | mount the root filesystem | |
1564 | ||
1565 | rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string | |
1566 | ||
1567 | rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type | |
1568 | ||
cc1ed754 PO |
1569 | rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up. |
1570 | Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously | |
1571 | (e.g. USB and MMC devices). | |
1572 | ||
20510f2f JM |
1573 | root_plug.vendor_id= |
1574 | [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID | |
1575 | ||
1576 | root_plug.product_id= | |
1577 | [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID | |
1578 | ||
1579 | root_plug.debug= | |
1580 | [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output | |
1581 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1582 | rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot |
1583 | ||
1584 | S [KNL] Run init in single mode | |
1585 | ||
1586 | sa1100ir [NET] | |
1587 | See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c. | |
1588 | ||
1da177e4 | 1589 | sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter |
a9913044 | 1590 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1591 | sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver |
1592 | Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]] | |
1593 | ||
1594 | scsi_debug_*= [SCSI] | |
1595 | See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c. | |
1596 | ||
1597 | scsi_default_dev_flags= | |
1598 | [SCSI] SCSI default device flags | |
1599 | Format: <integer> | |
1600 | ||
1601 | scsi_dev_flags= [SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model | |
1602 | Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags> | |
1603 | (flags are integer value) | |
1604 | ||
6af6632a RD |
1605 | scsi_logging_level= [SCSI] a bit mask of logging levels |
1606 | See drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h for bits. Also | |
1607 | settable via sysctl at dev.scsi.logging_level | |
1608 | (/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level). | |
1609 | There is also a nice 'scsi_logging_level' script in the | |
1610 | S390-tools package, available for download at | |
1611 | http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-1.5.4.html | |
1da177e4 | 1612 | |
3e082a91 MW |
1613 | scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are |
1614 | discovered. async scans them in kernel threads, | |
1615 | allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting | |
1616 | user space to do the scan. | |
1617 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1618 | selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. |
1619 | Format: { "0" | "1" } | |
1620 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
1621 | 0 -- disable. | |
1622 | 1 -- enable. | |
1623 | Default value is set via kernel config option. | |
1624 | If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used | |
1625 | later to disable prior to initial policy load. | |
1626 | ||
4e5ab4cb JM |
1627 | selinux_compat_net = |
1628 | [SELINUX] Set initial selinux_compat_net flag value. | |
e53dd083 MCC |
1629 | Format: { "0" | "1" } |
1630 | 0 -- use new secmark-based packet controls | |
1631 | 1 -- use legacy packet controls | |
1632 | Default value is 0 (preferred). | |
1633 | Value can be changed at runtime via | |
1634 | /selinux/compat_net. | |
4e5ab4cb | 1635 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1636 | serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] |
1da177e4 | 1637 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1638 | shapers= [NET] |
1639 | Maximal number of shapers. | |
a9913044 | 1640 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1641 | sim710= [SCSI,HW] |
1642 | See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c. | |
1643 | ||
1644 | simeth= [IA-64] | |
1645 | simscsi= | |
a9913044 | 1646 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1647 | slram= [HW,MTD] |
1648 | ||
f0630fff CL |
1649 | slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB] |
1650 | Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the | |
1651 | culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling | |
1652 | slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and | |
1653 | may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the | |
1654 | last alloc / free. For more information see | |
1655 | Documentation/vm/slub.txt. | |
c1aee215 CL |
1656 | |
1657 | slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB] | |
f0630fff CL |
1658 | Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. |
1659 | A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory | |
1660 | fragmentation. For more information see | |
1661 | Documentation/vm/slub.txt. | |
c1aee215 CL |
1662 | |
1663 | slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB] | |
f0630fff CL |
1664 | The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will |
1665 | increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to | |
1666 | generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain | |
1667 | the number of objects indicated. The higher the number | |
1668 | of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs | |
1669 | and the less frequently locks need to be acquired. | |
c1aee215 CL |
1670 | For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. |
1671 | ||
1672 | slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB] | |
1673 | Determines the mininum page order for slabs. Must be | |
f0630fff | 1674 | lower than slub_max_order. |
c1aee215 CL |
1675 | For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. |
1676 | ||
1677 | slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB] | |
f0630fff | 1678 | Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be |
c1aee215 | 1679 | necessary if there is some reason to distinguish |
f0630fff CL |
1680 | allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable |
1681 | merging on their own. | |
c1aee215 CL |
1682 | For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. |
1683 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1684 | smart2= [HW] |
1685 | Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] | |
1686 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1687 | smp-alt-once [X86-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only |
b7fb4af0 JF |
1688 | attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot. |
1689 | ||
d0d4f69b BH |
1690 | smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices |
1691 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port | |
1692 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port | |
1693 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port | |
1694 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line | |
1695 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel | |
1696 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type: | |
1697 | 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select) | |
1698 | 1: Fast pin select (default) | |
1699 | 2: ATC IRMode | |
1700 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1701 | snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] |
1702 | ||
1703 | snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] | |
1704 | ||
1705 | snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA] | |
1706 | ||
1707 | snd-als100= [HW,ALSA] | |
1708 | ||
1709 | snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA] | |
1710 | ||
1711 | snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA] | |
1712 | ||
1713 | snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA] | |
1714 | ||
1715 | snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA] | |
1716 | ||
1717 | snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] | |
1718 | ||
1719 | snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA] | |
1720 | ||
1721 | snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA] | |
1722 | ||
1723 | snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA] | |
1724 | ||
1725 | snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
1726 | ||
1727 | snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA] | |
1728 | ||
1729 | snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA] | |
1730 | ||
1731 | snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA] | |
1732 | ||
1733 | snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA] | |
1734 | ||
1735 | snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA] | |
1736 | ||
1737 | snd-es968= [HW,ALSA] | |
1738 | ||
1739 | snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA] | |
1740 | ||
1741 | snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
1742 | ||
1743 | snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA] | |
1744 | ||
1745 | snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA] | |
1746 | ||
1747 | snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA] | |
1748 | ||
1749 | snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA] | |
1750 | ||
1751 | snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA] | |
1752 | ||
1753 | snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA] | |
1754 | ||
1755 | snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA] | |
1756 | ||
1757 | snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA] | |
1758 | ||
1759 | snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA] | |
1760 | ||
1761 | snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA] | |
1762 | ||
1763 | snd-interwave-stb= | |
1764 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1765 | ||
1766 | snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA] | |
1767 | ||
1768 | snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA] | |
1769 | ||
1770 | snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA] | |
1771 | ||
1772 | snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA] | |
1773 | ||
1774 | snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA] | |
1775 | ||
1776 | snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA] | |
1777 | ||
1778 | snd-opti92x-ad1848= | |
1779 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1780 | ||
1781 | snd-opti92x-cs4231= | |
1782 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1783 | ||
1784 | snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA] | |
1785 | ||
1786 | snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA] | |
1787 | ||
1788 | snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA] | |
1789 | ||
1790 | snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA] | |
1791 | ||
1792 | snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA] | |
1793 | ||
1794 | snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA] | |
1795 | ||
1796 | snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA] | |
1797 | ||
1798 | snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA] | |
1799 | ||
1800 | snd-serial= [HW,ALSA] | |
1801 | ||
1802 | snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA] | |
1803 | ||
1804 | snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA] | |
1805 | ||
1806 | snd-sun-amd7930= | |
1807 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1808 | ||
1809 | snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] | |
1810 | ||
1811 | snd-trident= [HW,ALSA] | |
1812 | ||
1813 | snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB] | |
1814 | ||
1815 | snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
1816 | ||
1817 | snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA] | |
1818 | ||
1819 | snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA] | |
1820 | ||
1821 | snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA] | |
a9913044 | 1822 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1823 | sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver |
1824 | See Documentation/sonypi.txt | |
1825 | ||
1826 | specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter | |
1827 | See Documentation/specialix.txt. | |
1828 | ||
1829 | spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] | |
1830 | spia_fio_base= | |
1831 | spia_pedr= | |
1832 | spia_peddr= | |
1833 | ||
1834 | sscape= [HW,OSS] | |
1835 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
a9913044 | 1836 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1837 | st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) |
1838 | See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. | |
1839 | ||
1840 | st0x= [HW,SCSI] | |
1841 | See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c. | |
1842 | ||
1843 | sti= [PARISC,HW] | |
1844 | Format: <num> | |
1845 | Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC | |
1846 | machines) console (graphic card) which should be used | |
1847 | as the initial boot-console. | |
1848 | See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. | |
1849 | ||
1850 | sti_font= [HW] | |
1851 | See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. | |
1852 | ||
1853 | stifb= [HW] | |
1854 | Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]] | |
1855 | ||
42a7fc4a GB |
1856 | sunrpc.pool_mode= |
1857 | [NFS] | |
1858 | Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to | |
1859 | service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs | |
1860 | you have and where their interrupts are bound, this | |
1861 | option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving. | |
1862 | Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the | |
1863 | NFS server is running. | |
1864 | ||
1865 | auto the server chooses an appropriate mode | |
1866 | automatically using heuristics | |
1867 | global a single global pool contains all CPUs | |
1868 | percpu one pool for each CPU | |
1869 | pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent | |
1870 | to global on non-NUMA machines) | |
1871 | ||
1da177e4 | 1872 | swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs |
a9913044 | 1873 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1874 | switches= [HW,M68k] |
1875 | ||
1876 | sym53c416= [HW,SCSI] | |
1877 | See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c. | |
1878 | ||
5d6f647f IM |
1879 | sysrq_always_enabled |
1880 | [KNL] | |
1881 | Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will | |
1882 | neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. | |
1883 | Useful for debugging. | |
1884 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1885 | t128= [HW,SCSI] |
1886 | See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c. | |
1887 | ||
1888 | tdfx= [HW,DRM] | |
1889 | ||
1890 | thash_entries= [KNL,NET] | |
1891 | Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection | |
1892 | ||
f8707ec9 LB |
1893 | thermal.act= [HW,ACPI] |
1894 | -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones | |
1895 | <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points | |
1896 | ||
c52a7419 LB |
1897 | thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI] |
1898 | -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones | |
1899 | <degrees C>: lower all critical trip points | |
1900 | ||
f5487145 LB |
1901 | thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI] |
1902 | Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone | |
1903 | critical and hot trip points. | |
1904 | ||
72b33ef8 LB |
1905 | thermal.off= [HW,ACPI] |
1906 | 1: disable ACPI thermal control | |
1907 | ||
a70cdc52 LB |
1908 | thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI] |
1909 | -1: disable all passive trip points | |
1910 | <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this value | |
1911 | ||
730ff34d LB |
1912 | thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI] |
1913 | Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate | |
1914 | <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency | |
1915 | 0: no polling (default) | |
1916 | ||
1da177e4 | 1917 | time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line |
e84845c4 | 1918 | [deprecated, see 'printk.time'] |
1da177e4 LT |
1919 | |
1920 | tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] | |
1921 | Set communications timeout in tenths of a second | |
1922 | (default 15). | |
1923 | ||
1924 | tipar.delay= [HW,PPT] | |
1925 | Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10). | |
1926 | ||
1927 | tmc8xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
1928 | See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c. | |
1929 | ||
1930 | tmscsim= [HW,SCSI] | |
1931 | See comment before function dc390_setup() in | |
1932 | drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. | |
1933 | ||
1934 | tp720= [HW,PS2] | |
1935 | ||
1936 | trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro | |
a9913044 RD |
1937 | Format: |
1938 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
1939 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1940 | turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] |
1941 | TurboGraFX parallel port interface | |
1942 | Format: | |
1943 | <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7> | |
1da177e4 LT |
1944 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt |
1945 | ||
1946 | u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter | |
1947 | See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c. | |
1948 | ||
1949 | uart401= [HW,OSS] | |
1950 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
1951 | ||
1952 | uart6850= [HW,OSS] | |
1953 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
1954 | ||
5f8364b7 AS |
1955 | uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= |
1956 | [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). | |
1957 | Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of | |
1958 | bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to | |
1959 | anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming. | |
1960 | Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be | |
1961 | reported either. | |
1962 | ||
b5e795f8 AS |
1963 | usbcore.autosuspend= |
1964 | [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used | |
1965 | for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This | |
1966 | is the time required before an idle device will be | |
1967 | autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set | |
eaafbc3a | 1968 | to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all. |
b5e795f8 | 1969 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1970 | usbhid.mousepoll= |
1971 | [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. | |
a9913044 | 1972 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1973 | vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64] |
1dbf527c | 1974 | vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) |
e6e5494c IM |
1975 | vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) |
1976 | vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping | |
1977 | ||
d080d397 YI |
1978 | vector= [IA-64,SMP] |
1979 | vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain | |
1980 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1981 | video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration |
1982 | See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. | |
1983 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1984 | vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode |
a9913044 RD |
1985 | See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and |
1986 | Documentation/svga.txt. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1987 | Use vga=ask for menu. |
1988 | This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is | |
1989 | passed to the kernel using a special protocol. | |
1990 | ||
a9913044 | 1991 | vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact |
1da177e4 LT |
1992 | size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the |
1993 | minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to | |
1994 | decrease the size and leave more room for directly | |
1995 | mapped kernel RAM. | |
1996 | ||
585c3047 PO |
1997 | vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt. |
1998 | Format: <command> | |
1da177e4 | 1999 | |
585c3047 PO |
2000 | vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic. |
2001 | Format: <command> | |
2002 | ||
2003 | vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. | |
2004 | Format: <command> | |
a9913044 | 2005 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2006 | waveartist= [HW,OSS] |
2007 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> | |
a9913044 | 2008 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2009 | wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] |
2010 | See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. | |
2011 | ||
2012 | wd7000= [HW,SCSI] | |
2013 | See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c. | |
2014 | ||
2015 | wdt= [WDT] Watchdog | |
8dfe9c21 | 2016 | See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
2017 | |
2018 | xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks. | |
2019 | xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c. | |
2020 | ||
2021 | xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] | |
a9913044 RD |
2022 | Format: |
2023 | <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] | |
1da177e4 | 2024 | |
a62eaf15 AK |
2025 | norandmaps Don't use address space randomization |
2026 | Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space | |
2027 | ||
a9913044 | 2028 | ______________________________________________________________________ |
1da177e4 LT |
2029 | |
2030 | TODO: | |
2031 | ||
2032 | Add documentation for ALSA options. | |
2033 | Add more DRM drivers. |