1 files changed, 306 insertions, 263 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index d8362cf9909e..6172e4360f60 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ parameter is applicable:
         FB      The frame buffer device is enabled.
         HW      Appropriate hardware is enabled.
         IA-64   IA-64 architecture is enabled.
+        IMA     Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
         IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
         IP_PNP  IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
         ISAPNP  ISA PnP code is enabled.
         ISDN    Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
         JOY     Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
+        KMEMTRACE kmemtrace is enabled.
         LIBATA  Libata driver is enabled
         LP      Printer support is enabled.
         LOOP    Loopback device support is enabled.
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
 Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
 loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
 Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
-need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt>.
+need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/boot.txt>.
 
 There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
 See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         acpi=           [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
                         Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
-                        Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
+                        Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq | rsdt }
                         force -- enable ACPI if default was off
                         off -- disable ACPI if default was on
                         noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
@@ -151,60 +153,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         1,0: use 1st APIC table
                         default: 0
 
-        acpi_sleep=     [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
-                        Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
-                                  old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
-                        See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
-                        s3_bios and s3_mode.
-                        s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
-                        as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
-                        s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
-                        used during resume from hibernation.
-                        old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
-                        control method, with respect to putting devices into
-                        low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
-                        of _PTS is used by default).
-                        s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
-                        ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
-
-        acpi_sci=       [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
-                        Format: { level | edge | high | low }
-
-        acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
-                        ACPI will balance active IRQs
-                        default in APIC mode
-
-        acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
-                        ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
-                        default in PIC mode
-
-        acpi_irq_pci=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
-                        use by PCI
-                        Format: <irq>,<irq>...
-
-        acpi_irq_isa=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
-                        Format: <irq>,<irq>...
-
-        acpi_no_auto_ssdt       [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
-
-        acpi_os_name=   [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
-                        Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
-
-        acpi_osi=       [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
-                        acpi_osi="string1"      # add string1 -- only one string
-                        acpi_osi="!string2"     # remove built-in string2
-                        acpi_osi=               # disable all strings
-
-        acpi_serialize  [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
-
-        acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
-                        Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
-                        For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
-        acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
-                        Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
-                        that require a timer override, but don't have
-                        HPET
-
         acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI]
                         acpi_backlight=vendor
                         acpi_backlight=video
@@ -212,11 +160,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
                         of the ACPI video.ko driver.
 
-        acpi_display_output=    [HW,ACPI]
-                        acpi_display_output=vendor
-                        acpi_display_output=video
-                        See above.
-
         acpi.debug_layer=       [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
         acpi.debug_level=       [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
                         Format: <int>
@@ -245,6 +188,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
                         if you need to capture more output.
 
+        acpi_display_output=    [HW,ACPI]
+                        acpi_display_output=vendor
+                        acpi_display_output=video
+                        See above.
+
+        acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
+                        ACPI will balance active IRQs
+                        default in APIC mode
+
+        acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
+                        ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
+                        default in PIC mode
+
+        acpi_irq_isa=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
+                        Format: <irq>,<irq>...
+
+        acpi_irq_pci=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
+                        use by PCI
+                        Format: <irq>,<irq>...
+
+        acpi_no_auto_ssdt       [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
+
+        acpi_os_name=   [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
+                        Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
+
+        acpi_osi=       [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
+                        acpi_osi="string1"      # add string1 -- only one string
+                        acpi_osi="!string2"     # remove built-in string2
+                        acpi_osi=               # disable all strings
+
+        acpi_pm_good    [X86-32,X86-64]
+                        Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
+                        to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
+                        and always returns good values.
+
         acpi.power_nocheck=     [HW,ACPI]
                         Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state.
                         On some bogus BIOS the _PSC object/_STA object of
@@ -253,26 +231,21 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         power state again in power transition.
                         1 : disable the power state check
 
-        acpi_pm_good    [X86-32,X86-64]
-                        Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
-                        to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
-                        and always returns good values.
-
-        agp=            [AGP]
-                        { off | try_unsupported }
-                        off: disable AGP support
-                        try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
-                                (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
-
-        enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
-                        Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
-                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
-                        (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
-                        The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
-
-        disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
-                        Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
-                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
+        acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI]
+                        { strict | lax | no }
+                        Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
+                        and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
+                        only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
+                        used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
+                        can interfere with legacy drivers.
+                        strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
+                        is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
+                        resources will fail to bind to device using them.
+                        lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
+                        legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
+                        will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
+                        no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
+                        no further checks are performed.
 
         ad1848=         [HW,OSS]
                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
@@ -287,6 +260,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
                         See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
 
+        agp=            [AGP]
+                        { off | try_unsupported }
+                        off: disable AGP support
+                        try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
+                                (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
+
         aha152x=        [HW,SCSI]
                         See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt.
 
@@ -414,12 +393,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         possible to determine what the correct size should be.
                         This option provides an override for these situations.
 
-        security=       [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
-                        If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
-                        security module asking for security registration will be
-                        loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
-                        as if no module has been chosen.
-
         capability.disable=
                         [SECURITY] Disable capabilities.  This would normally
                         be used only if an alternative security model is to be
@@ -491,12 +464,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Range: 0 - 8192
                         Default: 64
 
-        hpet=           [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
-                        Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
-                        disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
-                        force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
-                        VIA, nVidia)
-
         com20020=       [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
                         Format:
                         <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
@@ -540,23 +507,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         console=brl,ttyS0
                 For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
 
-        earlycon=       [KNL] Output early console device and options.
-                uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
-                uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
-                        Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
-                        UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
-                        The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
-
-        no_console_suspend
-                        [HW] Never suspend the console
-                        Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
-                        hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
-                        messages can reach various consoles while the rest
-                        of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
-                        debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
-                        not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
-                        to work with serial and VGA consoles.
-
         coredump_filter=
                         [KNL] Change the default value for
                         /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
@@ -604,36 +554,22 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         debug_objects   [KNL] Enable object debugging
 
+        no_debug_objects
+                        [KNL] Disable object debugging
+
         debugpat        [X86] Enable PAT debugging
 
         decnet.addr=    [HW,NET]
                         Format: <area>[,<node>]
                         See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
 
-        vt.default_blu= [VT]
-                        Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
-                        Change the default blue palette of the console.
-                        This is a 16-member array composed of values
-                        ranging from 0-255.
-
-        vt.default_grn= [VT]
-                        Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
-                        Change the default green palette of the console.
-                        This is a 16-member array composed of values
-                        ranging from 0-255.
-
-        vt.default_red= [VT]
-                        Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
-                        Change the default red palette of the console.
-                        This is a 16-member array composed of values
-                        ranging from 0-255.
-
-        vt.default_utf8=
-                        [VT]
-                        Format=<0|1>
-                        Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
-                        Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
-                        newly opened terminals.
+        default_hugepagesz=
+                        [same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
+                        HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
+                        the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
+                        default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
+                        Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
+                        if not specified.
 
         dhash_entries=  [KNL]
                         Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
@@ -646,27 +582,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt.
 
         disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
-        enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
                         The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
                         to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
-                        entry later. This parameter enables/disables that.
-
-        mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
-                        used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
-                        that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
-
-        mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
-                        Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
-                        Default is 1.
-                        Large value could prevent small alignment from
-                        using up MTRRs.
-
-        mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
-                        Format: <integer>
-                        Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
-                        Default : 1
-                        Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
-                        Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
+                        entry later. This parameter disables that.
 
         disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
                         By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
@@ -674,12 +592,38 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
                         possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
 
+        disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+                        Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
+                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
+
         dmasound=       [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
 
+        dma_debug=off   If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
+                        this option disables the debugging code at boot.
+
+        dma_debug_entries=<number>
+                        This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
+                        entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
+                        required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
+                        DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
+                        architectural default is too low.
+
         dscc4.setup=    [NET]
 
         dtc3181e=       [HW,SCSI]
 
+        dynamic_printk  Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
+                        CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
+                        These can also be switched on/off via
+                        <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
+
+        earlycon=       [KNL] Output early console device and options.
+                uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
+                uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
+                        Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
+                        UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
+                        The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+
         earlyprintk=    [X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN]
                         earlyprintk=vga
                         earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
@@ -721,6 +665,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         pass this option to capture kernel.
                         See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
 
+        enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
+                        The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
+                        to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
+                        entry later. This parameter enables that.
+
+        enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+                        Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
+                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
+                        (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
+                        The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
+
         enforcing       [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
                         Format: {"0" | "1"}
                         See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
@@ -808,6 +763,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         hisax=          [HW,ISDN]
                         See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
 
+        hlt             [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+
+        hpet=           [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
+                        Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
+                                verbose }
+                        disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
+                        force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
+                                VIA, nVidia)
+                        verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
+
         hugepages=      [HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
         hugepagesz=     [HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
                         On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
@@ -817,18 +782,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         (when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag)
                         Note that 1GB pages can only be allocated at boot time
                         using hugepages= and not freed afterwards.
-        default_hugepagesz=
-                        [same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
-                        HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
-                        the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
-                        default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
-                        Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
-                        if not specified.
-
-        hlt             [BUGS=ARM,SH]
 
         hvc_iucv=       [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
                                terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
+        hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
+                               If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
+                               from listed z/VM user IDs only.
+
+        i2c_bus=        [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
+                             or register an additional I2C bus that is not
+                             registered from board initialization code.
+                             Format:
+                             <bus_id>,<clkrate>
 
         i8042.debug     [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
         i8042.direct    [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
@@ -868,13 +833,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         icn=            [HW,ISDN]
                         Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
 
-        ide=            [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
-                        Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler
+        ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
+                        Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
+                        .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .noprobe .nowerr .cdrom
+                        .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
                         See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
 
         idebus=         [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
                         See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
 
+        ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
+                        Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
+
         idle=           [X86]
                         Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
                         Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
@@ -890,9 +860,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
                         idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
 
-        ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
-                        Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
-
         ignore_loglevel [KNL]
                         Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
                         kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
@@ -900,6 +867,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         ihash_entries=  [KNL]
                         Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
 
+        ima_audit=      [IMA]
+                        Format: { "0" | "1" }
+                        0 -- integrity auditing messages. (Default)
+                        1 -- enable informational integrity auditing messages.
+
+        ima_hash=       [IMA]
+                        Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" }
+                        default: "sha1"
+
         in2000=         [HW,SCSI]
                         See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c.
 
@@ -917,26 +893,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         inport.irq=     [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
                         Format: <irq>
 
-        inttest=        [IA64]
-
-        iomem=          Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
-                strict  regions from userspace.
-                relaxed
-
-        iommu=          [x86]
-                off
-                force
-                noforce
-                biomerge
-                panic
-                nopanic
-                merge
-                nomerge
-                forcesac
-                soft
-
-
         intel_iommu=    [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
+                on
+                        Enable intel iommu driver.
                 off
                         Disable intel iommu driver.
                 igfx_off [Default Off]
@@ -957,6 +916,28 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
                         to batching them for performance.
 
+        inttest=        [IA64]
+
+        iomem=          Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
+                strict  regions from userspace.
+                relaxed
+
+        iommu=          [x86]
+                off
+                force
+                noforce
+                biomerge
+                panic
+                nopanic
+                merge
+                nomerge
+                forcesac
+                soft
+
+        io7=            [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
+                        See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
+                        arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
+
         io_delay=       [X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method
                 0x80
                         Standard port 0x80 based delay
@@ -967,10 +948,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                 none
                         No delay
 
-        io7=            [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
-                        See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
-                        arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
-
         ip=             [IP_PNP]
                         See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt.
 
@@ -981,12 +958,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         ips=            [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
                         See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
 
-        ports=          [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
-                        Default is 21.
-                        Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
-                        may be specified.
-                        Format: <port>,<port>....
-
         irqfixup        [HW]
                         When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
                         for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
@@ -1027,6 +998,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         js=             [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
                         See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
 
+        keepinitrd      [HW,ARM]
+
         kernelcore=nn[KMG]      [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
                         specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
                         for non-movable allocations.  The requested amount is
@@ -1043,20 +1016,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
                         zone if it does not.
 
-        movablecore=nn[KMG]     [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
-                        is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
-                        amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
-                        If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
-                        then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
-                        value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
-                        is specified, the administrator must be careful
-                        that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
-                        is not too small.
+        kmemtrace.enable=       [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Format: { yes | no }
+                                Controls whether kmemtrace is enabled
+                                at boot-time.
 
-        keepinitrd      [HW,ARM]
-
-        kstack=N        [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
-                        in oops dumps.
+        kmemtrace.subbufs=n     [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Overrides the number of
+                        subbufs kmemtrace's relay channel has. Set this
+                        higher than default (KMEMTRACE_N_SUBBUFS in code) if
+                        you experience buffer overruns.
 
         kgdboc=         [HW] kgdb over consoles.
                         Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
@@ -1067,6 +1034,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
                         Ethernet adapter MAC address.
 
+        kstack=N        [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
+                        in oops dumps.
+
         l2cr=           [PPC]
 
         l3cr=           [PPC]
@@ -1212,9 +1182,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         (machvec) in a generic kernel.
                         Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
 
-        max_loop=       [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
-                        be mounted
-                        Format: <1-256>
+        max_addr=nn[KMG]        [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
+                        than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
 
         maxcpus=        [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
                         should make use of.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
@@ -1222,8 +1191,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
                         the IO APIC.
 
-        max_addr=nn[KMG]        [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than
-                        or equal to this physical address is ignored.
+        max_loop=       [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
+                        be mounted
+                        Format: <1-256>
 
         max_luns=       [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe.
                         Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
@@ -1306,8 +1276,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         memtest=        [KNL,X86] Enable memtest
                         Format: <integer>
-                        range: 0,4 : pattern number
                         default : 0 <disable>
+                        Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
+                        performed. Each pass selects another test
+                        pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
+                        fills the memory with this pattern, validates
+                        memory contents and reserves bad memory
+                        regions that are detected.
 
         meye.*=         [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
                         See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
@@ -1345,6 +1320,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         mousedev.yres=  [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
                         reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
 
+        movablecore=nn[KMG]     [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
+                        is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
+                        amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
+                        If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
+                        then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
+                        value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
+                        is specified, the administrator must be careful
+                        that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
+                        is not too small.
+
         mpu401=         [HW,OSS]
                         Format: <io>,<irq>
 
@@ -1366,6 +1351,23 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
                         ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
 
+        mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+                        used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
+                        that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
+
+        mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+                        Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
+                        Default is 1.
+                        Large value could prevent small alignment from
+                        using up MTRRs.
+
+        mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
+                        Format: <integer>
+                        Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
+                        Default : 1
+                        Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
+                        Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
+
         n2=             [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
 
         NCR_D700=       [HW,SCSI]
@@ -1426,11 +1428,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
                         1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
                         2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
-                        a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance
-                        counter and the local APIC's performance vector.
-                        When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
-                        This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
-                        quickly up again.
+                        a performance counter. Note: This will use one
+                        performance counter and the local APIC's performance
+                        vector.
+                        When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
+                        timeout occurs.
+                        This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
+                        need the box quickly up again.
                         Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
                         symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
                         Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
@@ -1439,6 +1443,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
                         is present.
 
+        no_console_suspend
+                        [HW] Never suspend the console
+                        Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
+                        hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
+                        messages can reach various consoles while the rest
+                        of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
+                        debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
+                        not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
+                        to work with serial and VGA consoles.
+
         noaliencache    [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
                         caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
                         but will impact performance.
@@ -1453,6 +1467,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         nocache         [ARM]
 
+        noclflush       [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
+
         nodelayacct     [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
 
         nodisconnect    [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
@@ -1481,9 +1497,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         register save and restore. The kernel will only save
                         legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
 
-        noclflush       [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
-
-        nohlt           [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+        nohlt           [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
+                        wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
+                        use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
 
         no-hlt          [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
                         instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
@@ -1504,6 +1520,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Valid arguments: on, off
                         Default: on
 
+        noiotrap        [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
+
         noirqdebug      [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
                         disable unhandled interrupt sources.
 
@@ -1523,12 +1541,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         nolapic_timer   [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
 
-        nox2apic        [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
-
-        x2apic_phys     [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
-                        default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
-                        supporting x2apic.
-
         noltlbs         [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
                         lowmem mapping on PPC40x.
 
@@ -1539,6 +1551,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         nomfgpt         [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
                         Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
 
+        norandmaps      Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
+                        echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+
         noreplace-paravirt      [X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
 
         noreplace-smp   [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
@@ -1563,7 +1578,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         nosoftlockup    [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
 
         noswapaccount   [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource
-                        controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)
+                        controller. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
 
         nosync          [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
 
@@ -1577,13 +1592,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
                         SAL PALO.
 
+        nr_uarts=       [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+
         numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
                         one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified
                         This can be set from sysctl after boot.
                         See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
 
-        nr_uarts=       [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
-
         ohci1394_dma=early      [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
                         See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
                         info.
@@ -1655,6 +1670,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
 
         pci=option[,option...]  [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
+                earlydump       [X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
+                                changes anything
                 off             [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
                 bios            [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
                                 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
@@ -1754,6 +1771,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                 cbmemsize=nn[KMG]       The fixed amount of bus space which is
                                 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
                                 window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
+                resource_alignment=
+                                Format:
+                                [<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
+                                Specifies alignment and device to reassign
+                                aligned memory resources.
+                                If <order of align> is not specified,
+                                PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
+                                PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
+                                windows need to be expanded.
 
         pcie_aspm=      [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
                         Management.
@@ -1812,11 +1838,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         autoconfiguration.
                         Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
 
-        dynamic_printk  Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
-                        CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
-                        These can also be switched on/off via
-                        <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
-
         print-fatal-signals=
                         [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
                         print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
@@ -1826,6 +1847,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         printk.time=    Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
                         Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
 
+        processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
+                        Limit processor to maximum C-state
+                        max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
+
+        processor.nocst [HW,ACPI]
+                        Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
+                        instead using the legacy FADT method
+
         profile=        [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
                         Format: [schedule,]<number>
                         Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
@@ -1835,14 +1864,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                 Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
                         Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
 
-        processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
-                        Limit processor to maximum C-state
-                        max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
-
-        processor.nocst [HW,ACPI]
-                        Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
-                        instead using the legacy FADT method
-
         prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
                         before loading.
                         See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
@@ -1907,7 +1928,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         relax_domain_level=
                         [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
-                        See Documentation/cpusets.txt.
+                        See Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
 
         reserve=        [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
 
@@ -1996,7 +2017,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         allowing boot to proceed.  none ignores them, expecting
                         user space to do the scan.
 
-        selinux         [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
+        security=       [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
+                        If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
+                        security module asking for security registration will be
+                        loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
+                        as if no module has been chosen.
+
+        selinux=        [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
                         Format: { "0" | "1" }
                         See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
                         0 -- disable.
@@ -2005,15 +2032,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
                         later to disable prior to initial policy load.
 
-        selinux_compat_net =
-                        [SELINUX] Set initial selinux_compat_net flag value.
-                        Format: { "0" | "1" }
-                        0 -- use new secmark-based packet controls
-                        1 -- use legacy packet controls
-                        Default value is 0 (preferred).
-                        Value can be changed at runtime via
-                        /selinux/compat_net.
-
         serialnumber    [BUGS=X86-32]
 
         shapers=        [NET]
@@ -2325,6 +2343,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         tp720=          [HW,PS2]
 
+        trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] [ftrace] will set tracing buffer size.
+
         trix=           [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
                         Format:
                         <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
@@ -2427,9 +2447,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                         medium is write-protected).
                         Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
 
-        add_efi_memmap  [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
-                        kernel's map of available physical RAM.
-
         vdso=           [X86-32,SH,x86-64]
                         vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
                         vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
@@ -2447,7 +2464,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
 
         vga=            [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
-                        See Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt and
+                        See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
                         Documentation/svga.txt.
                         Use vga=ask for menu.
                         This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
@@ -2468,6 +2485,31 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         vmpoff=         [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
                         Format: <command>
 
+        vt.default_blu= [VT]
+                        Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
+                        Change the default blue palette of the console.
+                        This is a 16-member array composed of values
+                        ranging from 0-255.
+
+        vt.default_grn= [VT]
+                        Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
+                        Change the default green palette of the console.
+                        This is a 16-member array composed of values
+                        ranging from 0-255.
+
+        vt.default_red= [VT]
+                        Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
+                        Change the default red palette of the console.
+                        This is a 16-member array composed of values
+                        ranging from 0-255.
+
+        vt.default_utf8=
+                        [VT]
+                        Format=<0|1>
+                        Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
+                        Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
+                        newly opened terminals.
+
         waveartist=     [HW,OSS]
                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
 
@@ -2480,6 +2522,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         wdt=            [WDT] Watchdog
                         See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt.
 
+        x2apic_phys     [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
+                        default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
+                        supporting x2apic.
+
         xd=             [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
         xd_geo=         See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
 
@@ -2487,9 +2533,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Format:
                         <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
 
-        norandmaps      Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
-                        echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
-
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