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@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
92 Documentation/scsi/. 92 Documentation/scsi/.
93 SECURITY Different security models are enabled. 93 SECURITY Different security models are enabled.
94 SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. 94 SELINUX SELinux support is enabled.
95 APPARMOR AppArmor support is enabled.
95 SERIAL Serial support is enabled. 96 SERIAL Serial support is enabled.
96 SH SuperH architecture is enabled. 97 SH SuperH architecture is enabled.
97 SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. 98 SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel.
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
114 More X86-64 boot options can be found in 115 More X86-64 boot options can be found in
115 Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt . 116 Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
116 X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) 117 X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
118 XEN Xen support is enabled
117 119
118In addition, the following text indicates that the option: 120In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
119 121
@@ -1142,9 +1144,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1142 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles. 1144 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1143 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling, 1145 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1144 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb). 1146 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1145 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud] 1147 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1146 keyboard only format: kbd 1148 keyboard only format: kbd
1147 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud] 1149 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1150 Optional Kernel mode setting:
1151 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1152 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1148 1153
1149 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the 1154 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1150 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. 1155 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
@@ -1596,8 +1601,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1596 [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting 1601 [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
1597 0 to disable accounting 1602 0 to disable accounting
1598 1 to enable accounting 1603 1 to enable accounting
1599 Default value depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT that is 1604 Default value is 0.
1600 going to be removed in 2.6.29.
1601 1605
1602 nfsaddrs= [NFS] 1606 nfsaddrs= [NFS]
1603 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. 1607 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
@@ -1811,6 +1815,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1811 1815
1812 nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem 1816 nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
1813 1817
1818 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector.
1819
1814 nowb [ARM] 1820 nowb [ARM]
1815 1821
1816 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. 1822 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
@@ -1969,6 +1975,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1969 norom [X86] Do not assign address space to 1975 norom [X86] Do not assign address space to
1970 expansion ROMs that do not already have 1976 expansion ROMs that do not already have
1971 BIOS assigned address ranges. 1977 BIOS assigned address ranges.
1978 nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the
1979 BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
1972 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be 1980 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
1973 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can 1981 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
1974 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards 1982 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
@@ -2311,6 +2319,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2311 If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used 2319 If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
2312 later to disable prior to initial policy load. 2320 later to disable prior to initial policy load.
2313 2321
2322 apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
2323 Format: { "0" | "1" }
2324 See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
2325 0 -- disable.
2326 1 -- enable.
2327 Default value is set via kernel config option.
2328
2314 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] 2329 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]
2315 2330
2316 shapers= [NET] 2331 shapers= [NET]
@@ -2878,6 +2893,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2878 xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks. 2893 xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
2879 xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c. 2894 xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
2880 2895
2896 xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN]
2897 Unplug Xen emulated devices
2898 Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
2899 ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
2900 aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
2901 nics -- unplug network devices
2902 all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
2903 ignore -- continue loading the Xen platform PCI driver even
2904 if the version check failed
2905
2881 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] 2906 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
2882 Format: 2907 Format:
2883 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] 2908 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]