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@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
104Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme 104Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
105need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>. 105need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>.
106 106
107There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
108See for example <Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
109
107Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that 110Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
108a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will 111a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
109be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that 112be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that
@@ -361,6 +364,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
361 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. 364 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
362 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } 365 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
363 366
367 code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an
368 oops report.
369 Range: 0 - 8192
370 Default: 64
371
364 disable_8254_timer 372 disable_8254_timer
365 enable_8254_timer 373 enable_8254_timer
366 [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing 374 [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing
@@ -601,6 +609,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
601 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem 609 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
602 size on bigger boxes. 610 size on bigger boxes.
603 611
612 highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
613 Valid parameters: "on", "off"
614 Default: "on"
615
604 hisax= [HW,ISDN] 616 hisax= [HW,ISDN]
605 See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax. 617 See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
606 618
@@ -1070,6 +1082,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1070 in certain environments such as networked servers or 1082 in certain environments such as networked servers or
1071 real-time systems. 1083 real-time systems.
1072 1084
1085 nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
1086 Valid arguments: on, off
1087 Default: on
1088
1073 noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing 1089 noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
1074 1090
1075 noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and 1091 noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
@@ -1259,6 +1275,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1259 This sorting is done to get a device 1275 This sorting is done to get a device
1260 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels. 1276 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
1261 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. 1277 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
1278 cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
1279 reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
1280 The default value is 256 bytes.
1281 cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
1282 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
1283 window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
1262 1284
1263 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 1285 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
1264 1286
@@ -1396,6 +1418,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1396 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). 1418 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
1397 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt 1419 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
1398 1420
1421 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
1422
1399 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 1423 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
1400 Set number of hash buckets for route cache 1424 Set number of hash buckets for route cache
1401 1425