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100 X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled. 100 X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
101 X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. 101 X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled.
102 More X86-64 boot options can be found in 102 More X86-64 boot options can be found in
103 Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt . 103 Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
104 X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) 104 X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
105 105
106In addition, the following text indicates that the option: 106In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
112Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot 112Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
113loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. 113loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
114Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme 114Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
115need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>. 115need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt>.
116 116
117There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here. 117There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
118See for example <Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt>. 118See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
119 119
120Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that 120Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
121a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will 121a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
@@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
995 Format: 995 Format:
996 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> 996 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
997 or 997 or
998 <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order) 998 <cpu number>-<cpu number>
999 (must be a positive range in ascending order)
999 or a mixture 1000 or a mixture
1000 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> 1001 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
1002
1001 This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs 1003 This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
1002 to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling 1004 to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1003 algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off 1005 algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
1004 an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls. 1006 "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1005 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is 1007 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1006 "number of CPUs in system - 1". 1008 "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1007 1009
@@ -1222,7 +1224,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1222 1224
1223 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception 1225 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
1224 1226
1225 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt 1227 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
1226 1228
1227 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level 1229 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
1228 See Documentation/md.txt. 1230 See Documentation/md.txt.
@@ -1470,8 +1472,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1470 Valid arguments: on, off 1472 Valid arguments: on, off
1471 Default: on 1473 Default: on
1472 1474
1473 noirqbalance [X86-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
1474
1475 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and 1475 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
1476 disable unhandled interrupt sources. 1476 disable unhandled interrupt sources.
1477 1477
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1728 See Documentation/paride.txt. 1728 See Documentation/paride.txt.
1729 1729
1730 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup 1730 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
1731 See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt. 1731 See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
1732 1732
1733 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link 1733 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
1734 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } 1734 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2343 See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. 2343 See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
2344 2344
2345 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode 2345 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
2346 See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and 2346 See Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt and
2347 Documentation/svga.txt. 2347 Documentation/svga.txt.
2348 Use vga=ask for menu. 2348 Use vga=ask for menu.
2349 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is 2349 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is