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@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
17 17
18 usbcore.blinkenlights=1 18 usbcore.blinkenlights=1
19 19
20Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
21 log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
22can also be entered as
23 log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
24
25
20This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command 26This 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 27"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
22module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also 28module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
134./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. 140./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
135 141
136 142
137 acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386] 143 acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86]
138 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface 144 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
139 Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq | rsdt } 145 Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq | rsdt }
140 force -- enable ACPI if default was off 146 force -- enable ACPI if default was off
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
218 acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2 224 acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2
219 acpi_osi= # disable all strings 225 acpi_osi= # disable all strings
220 226
221 acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64] 227 acpi_pm_good [X86]
222 Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel 228 Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
223 to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value 229 to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
224 and always returns good values. 230 and always returns good values.
@@ -231,6 +237,35 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
231 power state again in power transition. 237 power state again in power transition.
232 1 : disable the power state check 238 1 : disable the power state check
233 239
240 acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
241 Format: { level | edge | high | low }
242
243 acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
244
245 acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
246 Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
247 For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
248
249 acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
250 Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
251 old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
252 See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
253 s3_bios and s3_mode.
254 s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
255 as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
256 s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
257 used during resume from hibernation.
258 old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
259 control method, with respect to putting devices into
260 low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
261 of _PTS is used by default).
262 s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
263 ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
264
265 acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
266 Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
267 that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
268
234 acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI] 269 acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI]
235 { strict | lax | no } 270 { strict | lax | no }
236 Check for resource conflicts between native drivers 271 Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
@@ -250,6 +285,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
250 ad1848= [HW,OSS] 285 ad1848= [HW,OSS]
251 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type> 286 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
252 287
288 add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
289 kernel's map of available physical RAM.
290
253 advansys= [HW,SCSI] 291 advansys= [HW,SCSI]
254 See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. 292 See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
255 293
@@ -313,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
313 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have 351 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
314 APC and your system crashes randomly. 352 APC and your system crashes randomly.
315 353
316 apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 354 apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
317 Change the output verbosity whilst booting 355 Change the output verbosity whilst booting
318 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } 356 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
319 Change the amount of debugging information output 357 Change the amount of debugging information output
@@ -459,7 +497,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
459 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable 497 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
460 some critical bits. 498 some critical bits.
461 499
462 code_bytes [IA32/X86_64] How many bytes of object code to print 500 code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
463 in an oops report. 501 in an oops report.
464 Range: 0 - 8192 502 Range: 0 - 8192
465 Default: 64 503 Default: 64
@@ -592,7 +630,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
592 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior, 630 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior,
593 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly. 631 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
594 632
595 disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] 633 disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
596 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer 634 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
597 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. 635 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
598 636
@@ -624,7 +662,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
624 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. 662 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
625 The options are the same as for ttyS, above. 663 The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
626 664
627 earlyprintk= [X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN] 665 earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
628 earlyprintk=vga 666 earlyprintk=vga
629 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] 667 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
630 earlyprintk=dbgp 668 earlyprintk=dbgp
@@ -659,7 +697,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
659 See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and 697 See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
660 Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. 698 Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
661 699
662 elfcorehdr= [IA64,PPC,SH,X86-32,X86_64] 700 elfcorehdr= [IA64,PPC,SH,X86]
663 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core 701 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
664 image elf header. Generally kexec loader will 702 image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
665 pass this option to capture kernel. 703 pass this option to capture kernel.
@@ -670,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
670 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB 708 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
671 entry later. This parameter enables that. 709 entry later. This parameter enables that.
672 710
673 enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] 711 enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
674 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer 712 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
675 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs 713 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
676 (in particular on some ATI chipsets). 714 (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
@@ -743,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
743 781
744 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot 782 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
745 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on 783 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
746 for IA-64, off otherwise. 784 for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
747 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) 785 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
748 786
749 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer 787 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
@@ -938,7 +976,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
938 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in 976 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
939 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. 977 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
940 978
941 io_delay= [X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method 979 io_delay= [X86] I/O delay method
942 0x80 980 0x80
943 Standard port 0x80 based delay 981 Standard port 0x80 based delay
944 0xed 982 0xed
@@ -1000,7 +1038,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1000 1038
1001 keepinitrd [HW,ARM] 1039 keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
1002 1040
1003 kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter 1041 kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
1004 specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel 1042 specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
1005 for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is 1043 for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is
1006 spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The 1044 spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
@@ -1034,7 +1072,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1034 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip 1072 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1035 Ethernet adapter MAC address. 1073 Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1036 1074
1037 kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack 1075 kstack=N [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
1038 in oops dumps. 1076 in oops dumps.
1039 1077
1040 l2cr= [PPC] 1078 l2cr= [PPC]
@@ -1044,7 +1082,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1044 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS 1082 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
1045 disabled it. 1083 disabled it.
1046 1084
1047 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer 1085 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
1048 in C2 power state. 1086 in C2 power state.
1049 1087
1050 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control 1088 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control
@@ -1229,7 +1267,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1229 [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for 1267 [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
1230 per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers. 1268 per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
1231 1269
1232 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact 1270 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
1233 E820 memory map, as specified by the user. 1271 E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
1234 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on 1272 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
1235 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss 1273 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
@@ -1320,7 +1358,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1320 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices 1358 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
1321 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets 1359 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
1322 1360
1323 movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter 1361 movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
1324 is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the 1362 is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
1325 amount of memory used for migratable allocations. 1363 amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
1326 If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified, 1364 If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
@@ -1422,7 +1460,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1422 when a NMI is triggered. 1460 when a NMI is triggered.
1423 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] 1461 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
1424 1462
1425 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels 1463 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
1426 Format: [panic,][num] 1464 Format: [panic,][num]
1427 Valid num: 0,1,2 1465 Valid num: 0,1,2
1428 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off 1466 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
@@ -1475,11 +1513,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1475 1513
1476 nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time. 1514 nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
1477 1515
1478 noefi [X86-32,X86-64] Disable EFI runtime services support. 1516 noefi [X86] Disable EFI runtime services support.
1479 1517
1480 noexec [IA-64] 1518 noexec [IA-64]
1481 1519
1482 noexec [X86-32,X86-64] 1520 noexec [X86]
1483 On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels. 1521 On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
1484 noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) 1522 noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
1485 noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings 1523 noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
@@ -1497,6 +1535,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1497 register save and restore. The kernel will only save 1535 register save and restore. The kernel will only save
1498 legacy floating-point registers on task switch. 1536 legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
1499 1537
1538 noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
1539 and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
1540 enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
1541
1500 nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or 1542 nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
1501 wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to 1543 wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
1502 use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger. 1544 use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
@@ -1525,7 +1567,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1525 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and 1567 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
1526 disable unhandled interrupt sources. 1568 disable unhandled interrupt sources.
1527 1569
1528 no_timer_check [X86-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for 1570 no_timer_check [X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
1529 broken timer IRQ sources. 1571 broken timer IRQ sources.
1530 1572
1531 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. 1573 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
@@ -1588,6 +1630,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1588 1630
1589 nowb [ARM] 1631 nowb [ARM]
1590 1632
1633 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
1634
1591 nptcg= [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB 1635 nptcg= [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
1592 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or 1636 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
1593 SAL PALO. 1637 SAL PALO.
@@ -1689,7 +1733,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1689 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting. 1733 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
1690 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI 1734 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
1691 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak). 1735 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
1692 nommconf [X86-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI 1736 nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
1693 Configuration 1737 Configuration
1694 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is 1738 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
1695 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to 1739 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
@@ -1838,6 +1882,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1838 autoconfiguration. 1882 autoconfiguration.
1839 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). 1883 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
1840 1884
1885 ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
1886 Default is 21.
1887 Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
1888 may be specified.
1889 Format: <port>,<port>....
1890
1841 print-fatal-signals= 1891 print-fatal-signals=
1842 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals 1892 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
1843 print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to 1893 print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
@@ -2380,7 +2430,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2380 reported either. 2430 reported either.
2381 2431
2382 unknown_nmi_panic 2432 unknown_nmi_panic
2383 [X86-32,X86-64] 2433 [X86]
2384 Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot. 2434 Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot.
2385 2435
2386 usbcore.autosuspend= 2436 usbcore.autosuspend=
@@ -2447,12 +2497,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2447 medium is write-protected). 2497 medium is write-protected).
2448 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc 2498 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
2449 2499
2450 vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64] 2500 vdso= [X86,SH]
2451 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) 2501 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
2452 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) 2502 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
2453 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping 2503 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
2454 2504
2455 vdso32= [X86-32,X86-64] 2505 vdso32= [X86]
2456 vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) 2506 vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
2457 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default) 2507 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default)
2458 vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping 2508 vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping