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Mauro Carvalho Chehabe53dd082007-09-15 07:38:47 -03001 Kernel Parameters
2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003
4The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented
5(mostly) by the __setup() macro and sorted into English Dictionary order
6(defined as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a
7case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known.
8
9Module parameters for loadable modules are specified only as the
10parameter name with optional '=' and value as appropriate, such as:
11
12 modprobe usbcore blinkenlights=1
13
14Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image
15are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
16'.' plus parameter name, with '=' and value if appropriate, such as:
17
18 usbcore.blinkenlights=1
19
Stefan Richtera901ebb2006-04-01 01:43:18 +020020This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
21"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
22module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
23reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these
24parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
25"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}".
26
Stefan Richter6585fa82006-04-01 01:44:30 +020027The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were
28enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at
29the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a
30parameter is applicable:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070031
32 ACPI ACPI support is enabled.
Chuck Ebbertc99c1082007-07-27 10:46:20 +100033 AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070034 ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled.
35 APIC APIC support is enabled.
36 APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
Haavard Skinnemoene7ba1762007-10-10 14:58:29 +020037 AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070038 AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
Robin Getz0ae53642007-10-09 17:24:49 +080039 BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -070040 DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070041 EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
42 EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
43 EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
44 FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
45 HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070046 IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
47 IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
Adrian Bunk41e2e8b2005-07-12 13:58:33 -070048 IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070049 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
50 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
51 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
Kristen Carlson Accardi11ef6972006-09-28 11:29:01 -070052 LIBATA Libata driver is enabled
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070053 LP Printer support is enabled.
54 LOOP Loopback device support is enabled.
55 M68k M68k architecture is enabled.
56 These options have more detailed description inside of
57 Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt.
58 MCA MCA bus support is enabled.
59 MDA MDA console support is enabled.
60 MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
Matthew Wilcox309e57d2006-03-05 22:33:34 -070061 MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI).
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -070062 MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070063 NET Appropriate network support is enabled.
64 NUMA NUMA support is enabled.
john stultz734efb42006-06-26 00:25:05 -070065 GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070066 NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
67 OSS OSS sound support is enabled.
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -070068 PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled.
69 PARIDE The ParIDE (parallel port IDE) subsystem is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070070 PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled.
71 PCI PCI bus support is enabled.
Randy Dunlap7f785762007-10-05 13:17:58 -070072 PCIE PCI Express support is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070073 PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled.
74 PNP Plug & Play support is enabled.
75 PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled.
76 PPT Parallel port support is enabled.
77 PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
78 RAM RAM disk support is enabled.
James Morris20510f22007-10-16 23:31:32 -070079 ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070080 S390 S390 architecture is enabled.
81 SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
82 A lot of drivers has their options described inside of
83 Documentation/scsi/.
James Morris20510f22007-10-16 23:31:32 -070084 SECURITY Different security models are enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070085 SELINUX SELinux support is enabled.
86 SERIAL Serial support is enabled.
Paul Mundte523d932007-02-28 18:30:01 +090087 SH SuperH architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070088 SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel.
89 SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -070090 SWSUSP Software suspend is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070091 TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
92 USB USB support is enabled.
93 USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
94 V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
95 VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
96 VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
97 WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
98 XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -070099 X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700100 X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled.
101 More X86-64 boot options can be found in
102 Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
103
104In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
105
106 BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor.
107 KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter.
108 BOOT Is a boot loader parameter.
109
110Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
111loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
112Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
113need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>.
114
Karsten Weiss55588702007-02-13 13:26:21 +0100115There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
116See for example <Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
117
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700118Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
119a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
120be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that
121it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
122running once the system is up.
123
jens m. noedler9c4751f2006-09-29 02:00:27 -0700124The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the
125complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to
126a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
127and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
128./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
129
130
Bernhard Walle03d926f2007-03-06 02:29:44 -0800131 acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
132 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700133 Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700134 force -- enable ACPI if default was off
135 off -- disable ACPI if default was on
136 noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
137 ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700138 strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700139 strictly ACPI specification compliant.
140
141 See also Documentation/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
142
Len Browna1fdcc02007-03-11 03:26:14 -0400143 acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC]
144 Format: <int>
145 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
146 1,0: use 1st APIC table
Len Brown4e381a42007-03-30 14:16:10 -0400147 default: 0
Len Browna1fdcc02007-03-11 03:26:14 -0400148
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700149 acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
Pavel Machek23b168d2008-02-05 19:27:12 +0100150 Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep }
151 See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode.
152 s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
153 as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700154
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700155 acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700156 Format: { level | edge | high | low }
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700157
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700158 acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
159 ACPI will balance active IRQs
160 default in APIC mode
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700161
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700162 acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
163 ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
164 default in PIC mode
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700165
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700166 acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
167 use by PCI
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700168 Format: <irq>,<irq>...
169
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700170 acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700171 Format: <irq>,<irq>...
172
Rafael J. Wysocki60417f52008-01-08 00:07:39 +0100173 acpi_new_pts_ordering [HW,ACPI]
174 Enforce the ACPI 2.0 ordering of the _PTS control
175 method wrt putting devices into low power states
176 default: pre ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS
177
Len Brown67effe82007-07-26 00:50:06 -0400178 acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
179
Len Browna1f9e652006-01-25 23:47:36 -0500180 acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
181 Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
182
Len Brownae00d812007-05-29 18:43:33 -0400183 acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
184 acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string
185 acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2
186 acpi_osi= # disable all strings
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700187
188 acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
189
190 acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
191 Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
192 For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
Andi Kleenfa18f472006-11-14 16:57:46 +0100193 acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
194 Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
195 that require a timer override, but don't have
196 HPET
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700197
Zhang Ruif9891062007-04-24 13:53:22 +0800198 acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700199 Format: <int>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700200 Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer,
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700201 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time
202 debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set
Zhang Ruif9891062007-04-24 13:53:22 +0800203 via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer.
204 CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output.
205 Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable debug output
206 for specific parts of the ACPI subsystem:
207 0x01 utilities 0x02 hardware 0x04 events 0x08 tables
208 0x10 namespace 0x20 parser 0x40 dispatcher
209 0x80 executer 0x100 resources 0x200 acpica debugger
210 0x400 os services 0x800 acpica disassembler.
211 The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
212 Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
213 output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700214
Zhang Ruif9891062007-04-24 13:53:22 +0800215 acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700216 Format: <int>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700217 Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level,
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700218 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time
219 debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set
Zhang Ruif9891062007-04-24 13:53:22 +0800220 via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level.
221 CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output.
222 Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable different
223 debug output levels of the ACPI subsystem:
224 0x01 error 0x02 warn 0x04 init 0x08 debug object
225 0x10 info 0x20 init names 0x40 parse 0x80 load
226 0x100 dispatch 0x200 execute 0x400 names 0x800 operation region
227 0x1000 bfield 0x2000 tables 0x4000 values 0x8000 objects
228 0x10000 resources 0x20000 user requests 0x40000 package.
229 The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
230 Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
231 output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
232
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700233 acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64]
john stultz5d0cf412006-06-26 00:25:12 -0700234 Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
235 to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
236 and always returns good values.
237
Chuck Ebbertc99c1082007-07-27 10:46:20 +1000238 agp= [AGP]
239 { off | try_unsupported }
240 off: disable AGP support
241 try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
242 (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
243
Chuck Ebbert66759a02005-09-12 18:49:25 +0200244 enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
245 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700246 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
247 (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
Chuck Ebbert66759a02005-09-12 18:49:25 +0200248 The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
249
250 disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
251 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
252 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
253
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700254 ad1848= [HW,OSS]
255 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
256
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700257 advansys= [HW,SCSI]
258 See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
259
260 advwdt= [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT
261 Format: <iostart>,<iostop>
262
263 aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
264 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
265 See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700266
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700267 aha152x= [HW,SCSI]
268 See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt.
269
270 aha1542= [HW,SCSI]
271 Format: <portbase>[,<buson>,<busoff>[,<dmaspeed>]]
272
273 aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI]
274 See Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt.
275
276 aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
277 See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
278
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700279 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
280 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
281 Format: <a>,<b>
282 See also Documentation/kernel/input/joystick.txt
283
284 analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
285 Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
286 connected to one of 16 gameports
287 Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
288
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700289 apc= [HW,SPARC]
290 Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700291 Format: noidle
292 Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
293 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
294 APC and your system crashes randomly.
295
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -0700296 apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
297 Change the output verbosity whilst booting
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700298 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
299 Change the amount of debugging information output
300 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700301
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700302 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
303 See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c.
304
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700305 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
306 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
307
308 ataflop= [HW,M68k]
309
310 atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
311
312 atascsi= [HW,SCSI] Atari SCSI
313
314 atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
315 EzKey and similar keyboards
316
317 atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
318
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700319 atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set
320 Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700321
322 atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
323 keyboards
324
325 atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
326 Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700327
328 atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
329 Use software keyboard repeat
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700330
331 autotest [IA64]
332
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700333 baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
334 Format: <io>,<mode>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700335
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700336 baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
337 Format: <io>,<mode>
338 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
339
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700340 baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25]
341 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700342 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
343 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
344
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700345 baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25]
346 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700347 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
348 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
349
Randy Dunlapbfe8df32007-10-16 01:23:46 -0700350 boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
351 Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
352 no delay (0).
353 Format: integer
354
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700355 bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700356 bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as
357 kernel args too.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700358 bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
359 bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST
360
361 BusLogic= [HW,SCSI]
362 See drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c, comment before function
363 BusLogic_ParseDriverOptions().
364
365 c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
366
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700367 cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700368 Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
369 size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
370 to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
371 possible to determine what the correct size should be.
372 This option provides an override for these situations.
373
James Morris20510f22007-10-16 23:31:32 -0700374 capability.disable=
375 [SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally
376 be used only if an alternative security model is to be
377 configured. Potentially dangerous and should only be
378 used if you are entirely sure of the consequences.
379
Sebastian Ott14ff56b2008-01-26 14:10:37 +0100380 ccw_timeout_log [S390]
381 See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700382
383 checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
384 Format: { "0" | "1" }
385 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700386 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
387 any implied execute protection).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700388 1 -- check protection requested by application.
389 Default value is set via a kernel config option.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700390 Value can be changed at runtime via
391 /selinux/checkreqprot.
392
Sebastian Ott661ca0d2008-01-26 14:10:36 +0100393 cio_ignore= [S390]
394 See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
395
396 cio_msg= [S390]
397 See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
398
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700399 clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
john stultz734efb42006-06-26 00:25:05 -0700400 [Deprecated]
Matt LaPlante3f6dee92006-10-03 22:45:33 +0200401 Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
john stultz734efb42006-06-26 00:25:05 -0700402 when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
Matt LaPlante3f6dee92006-10-03 22:45:33 +0200403 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700404 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
405
Randy Dunlap3d6ac982007-05-23 13:58:16 -0700406 clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
407 Format: <string>
408 Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
409 with the name specified.
410 Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
411 the platform:
412 [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
413 [ACPI] acpi_pm
414 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
415 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
416 [AVR32] avr32
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700417 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
Randy Dunlap3d6ac982007-05-23 13:58:16 -0700418 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
419 [MIPS] MIPS
420 [PARISC] cr16
421 [S390] tod
422 [SH] SuperH
423 [SPARC64] tick
424 [X86-64] hpet,tsc
425
Andi Kleenac72e782008-01-30 13:33:21 +0100426 clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
427 Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
428 include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h for the valid bit numbers.
429 Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
430 stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
431 ones should be.
432 Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
433 or using the feature without checking anything
434 will still see it. This just prevents it from
435 being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
436 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
437 some critical bits.
438
Arjan van de Vena25bd942008-01-30 13:33:08 +0100439 code_bytes [IA32/X86_64] How many bytes of object code to print
440 in an oops report.
Chuck Ebbert86c41832007-02-13 13:26:25 +0100441 Range: 0 - 8192
442 Default: 64
443
Andi Kleenf9262c12006-03-08 17:57:25 -0800444 disable_8254_timer
445 enable_8254_timer
446 [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing
447 over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The
448 kernel tries to set a sensible default.
449
Thomas Gleixnerb17530b2007-10-19 20:35:02 +0200450 hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
451 Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
452 disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
Carlos Corbachod79a5f82007-10-19 18:51:27 +0100453 force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
454 VIA, nVidia)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700455
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700456 com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700457 Format:
458 <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700459
460 com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
461 Format: <io>[,<irq>]
462
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700463 com90xx= [HW,NET]
464 ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700465 Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
466
467 condev= [HW,S390] console device
468 conmode=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700469
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700470 console= [KNL] Output console device and options.
471
472 tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>.
473
474 ttyS<n>[,options]
Randy Dunlapf1a1c2d2006-03-25 03:08:17 -0800475 ttyUSB0[,options]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700476 Use the specified serial port. The options are of
Randy Dunlapf1a1c2d2006-03-25 03:08:17 -0800477 the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
478 "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
479 bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
480 omit it). Default is "9600n8".
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700481
Randy Dunlapf1a1c2d2006-03-25 03:08:17 -0800482 See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more
483 information. See
484 Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
485 alternative.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700486
Yinghai Lu18a8bd92007-07-15 23:37:59 -0700487 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
488 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700489 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
490 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
491 switching to the matching ttyS device later. The
492 options are the same as for ttyS, above.
493
Yinghai Lu18a8bd92007-07-15 23:37:59 -0700494 earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
495 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
496 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
497 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
498 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
499 The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
500
Andres Salomon8f4ce8c2007-10-18 03:04:50 -0700501 no_console_suspend
502 [HW] Never suspend the console
503 Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
504 hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging
505 messages can reach various consoles while the rest
506 of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
507 debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may
508 not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
509 to work with serial and VGA consoles.
510
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700511 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700512 Format:
513 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700514
Eric W. Biedermandc009d92005-06-25 14:57:52 -0700515 crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
516 [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to
517 hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic.
518
Bernhard Wallefb391592007-10-18 23:41:02 -0700519 crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
520 [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
521 in the running system. The syntax of range is
522 start-[end] where start and end are both
523 a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
524 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example.
525
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700526 cs4232= [HW,OSS]
527 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq>
528
529 cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
530 Format: <dma>
531
532 cs89x0_media= [HW,NET]
533 Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700534
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700535 dasd= [HW,NET]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700536 See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
537
538 db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
539 (one device per port)
540 Format: <port#>,<type>
541 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
542
543 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
544
Ingo Molnarcae2ed92006-07-03 00:24:48 -0700545 debug_locks_verbose=
546 [KNL] verbose self-tests
547 Format=<0|1>
548 Print debugging info while doing the locking API
549 self-tests.
550 We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
551 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
552 only useful to kernel developers.
553
Robert P. J. Day2d27a962008-02-03 15:18:45 +0200554 decnet.addr= [HW,NET]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700555 Format: <area>[,<node>]
556 See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
557
Samuel Thibaultecb77fa2008-01-03 16:17:54 +0000558 vt.default_blu= [VT]
Antonino A. Daplas55ff9782007-05-08 00:38:53 -0700559 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
560 Change the default blue palette of the console.
561 This is a 16-member array composed of values
562 ranging from 0-255.
563
Samuel Thibaultecb77fa2008-01-03 16:17:54 +0000564 vt.default_grn= [VT]
Antonino A. Daplas55ff9782007-05-08 00:38:53 -0700565 Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
566 Change the default green palette of the console.
567 This is a 16-member array composed of values
568 ranging from 0-255.
569
Samuel Thibaultecb77fa2008-01-03 16:17:54 +0000570 vt.default_red= [VT]
Antonino A. Daplas55ff9782007-05-08 00:38:53 -0700571 Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
572 Change the default red palette of the console.
573 This is a 16-member array composed of values
574 ranging from 0-255.
575
Samuel Thibaultecb77fa2008-01-03 16:17:54 +0000576 vt.default_utf8=
577 [VT]
Antonino A. Daplas55ff9782007-05-08 00:38:53 -0700578 Format=<0|1>
579 Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
Samuel Thibaultecb77fa2008-01-03 16:17:54 +0000580 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
581 newly opened terminals.
Antonino A. Daplas55ff9782007-05-08 00:38:53 -0700582
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700583 dhash_entries= [KNL]
584 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700585
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700586 digi= [HW,SERIAL]
587 IO parameters + enable/disable command.
588
589 digiepca= [HW,SERIAL]
590 See drivers/char/README.epca and
591 Documentation/digiepca.txt.
592
Yinghai Lu093af8d2008-01-30 13:33:32 +0100593 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
Jesse Barnes99fc8d42008-01-30 13:33:18 +0100594 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
595 memory out of your available memory pool based on
596 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior,
597 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
598
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700599 dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
600
601 dscc4.setup= [NET]
602
603 dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI]
604
Robin Getz0ae53642007-10-09 17:24:49 +0800605 earlyprintk= [X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700606 earlyprintk=vga
607 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
608
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700609 Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700610 takes over.
611
612 Only vga or serial at a time, not both.
613
614 Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported.
615
616 Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
617 very good.
618
619 The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
620 console.
621
622 eata= [HW,SCSI]
623
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700624 edd= [EDD]
625 Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"}
626 See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S
627
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700628 eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
629 See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
630
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700631 elanfreq= [X86-32]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700632 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
633 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
634
635 elevator= [IOSCHED]
Randy Dunlap16ab3ad2006-01-14 13:21:20 -0800636 Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700637 See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
638 Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
639
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700640 elfcorehdr= [X86-32, X86_64]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700641 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
Vivek Goyalaac04b32006-01-09 20:51:47 -0800642 image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
643 pass this option to capture kernel.
644 See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700645
646 enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
647 Format: {"0" | "1"}
648 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
649 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
650 1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
651 Default value is 0.
652 Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
653
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700654 es1371= [HW,OSS]
655 Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]]
656 See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700657
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700658 ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
659 This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
660 has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
661
662 eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog.
663 Format: <io>[,<irq>]
664
Akinobu Mitade1ba092006-12-08 02:39:42 -0800665 failslab=
666 fail_page_alloc=
667 fail_make_request=[KNL]
668 General fault injection mechanism.
669 Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
670 See also /Documentation/fault-injection/.
671
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700672 fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI]
673 See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c.
674
675 fdomain= [HW,SCSI]
676 See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c.
677
678 floppy= [HW]
679 See Documentation/floppy.txt.
680
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700681 gamecon.map[2|3]=
682 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
683 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
684 Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
685 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
686
687 gamma= [HW,DRM]
688
Yinghai Luaaf23042008-01-30 13:33:09 +0100689 gart_fix_e820= [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
690 Format: off | on
691 default: on
692
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700693 gdth= [HW,SCSI]
694 See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c.
695
696 gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
697 invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT.
698
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700699 gvp11= [HW,SCSI]
700
701 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
702 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
703 for IA-64, off otherwise.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700704 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700705
706 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
707
708 hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
709 Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
710
711 hd?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
712 hd?lun= See Documentation/ide.txt.
713
714 highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
715 size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
716 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
717 size on bigger boxes.
718
Thomas Gleixner54cdfdb2007-02-16 01:28:11 -0800719 highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
720 Valid parameters: "on", "off"
721 Default: "on"
722
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700723 hisax= [HW,ISDN]
724 See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
725
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700726 hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.
Jon Tollefson4ec161c2008-01-04 09:59:50 +1100727 hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700728
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700729 i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
Matt LaPlante84eb8d02006-10-03 22:53:09 +0200730 i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
731 keyboard and cannot control its state
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700732 (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
733 i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
Dmitry Torokhov945ef0d2005-09-04 01:42:00 -0500734 i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700735 i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
736 controller
737 i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
738 controllers
739 i8042.panicblink=
740 [HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink
741 when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec)
742 i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup
743 i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
744
745 i810= [HW,DRM]
746
Dmitry Torokhove70c9d52005-06-25 14:54:25 -0700747 i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
748 indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
749 hardware.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700750 i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
751 does not match list of supported models.
752 i8k.power_status
753 [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
754 (disabled by default)
755 i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
756 capability is set.
757
758 ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter
759 See Documentation/mca.txt.
760
761 icn= [HW,ISDN]
762 Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
763
764 ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
765 Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler or ide=reverse
766 See Documentation/ide.txt.
767
768 ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
769 Format: ide?=noprobe or chipset specific parameters.
770 See Documentation/ide.txt.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700771
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700772 idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
773 See Documentation/ide.txt.
774
Andi Kleenf039b752007-05-02 19:27:12 +0200775 idle= [X86]
776 Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait
777 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance
778 of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system
779 run hot. Not recommended.
780 idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose
781 to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle
782 loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same
783 as idle=poll.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700784
Denis Cheng594765a2008-02-06 02:57:49 +0100785 ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
786 Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
787
Ingo Molnar792908222006-12-06 20:40:51 -0800788 ignore_loglevel [KNL]
789 Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
790 kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
791
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700792 ihash_entries= [KNL]
793 Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
794
795 in2000= [HW,SCSI]
796 See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c.
797
798 init= [KNL]
799 Format: <full_path>
800 Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
801 process.
802
803 initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful
804 for working out where the kernel is dying during
805 startup.
806
807 initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
808
809 inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
810 Format: <irq>
811
812 inttest= [IA64]
813
Keshavamurthy, Anil Sba395922007-10-21 16:41:49 -0700814 intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
815 off
816 Disable intel iommu driver.
817 igfx_off [Default Off]
818 By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
819 device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
820 bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
821 this case, gfx device will use physical address for
822 DMA.
Keshavamurthy, Anil S7d3b03c2007-10-21 16:41:53 -0700823 forcedac [x86_64]
824 With this option iommu will not optimize to look
825 for io virtual address below 32 bit forcing dual
826 address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
827 than 32 bit addressing. The default is to look
828 for translation below 32 bit and if not available
829 then look in the higher range.
Keshavamurthy, Anil Sba395922007-10-21 16:41:49 -0700830
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100831 io_delay= [X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100832 0x80
833 Standard port 0x80 based delay
834 0xed
835 Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100836 udelay
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100837 Simple two microseconds delay
838 none
839 No delay
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100840
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700841 io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
842 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
843 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
844
845 ip= [IP_PNP]
846 See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.
847
848 ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -0700849 See comment before ip2_setup() in
850 drivers/char/ip2/ip2base.c.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700851
852 ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
853 See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
854
Simon Horman72c4a132006-09-13 19:57:18 -0700855 ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
856 Default is 21.
857 Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
858 may be specified.
859 Format: <port>,<port>....
860
Alan Cox200803d2005-06-28 20:45:18 -0700861 irqfixup [HW]
862 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
863 for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
864 firmware running.
865
866 irqpoll [HW]
867 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
868 for it. Also check all handlers each timer
869 interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
870 firmware running.
871
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700872 isapnp= [ISAPNP]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700873 Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700874
875 isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler.
Derek Fults22f2e282006-12-06 20:37:11 -0800876 Format:
877 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
878 or
879 <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order)
880 or a mixture
881 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700882 This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
883 to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
884 algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
885 an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls.
886 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
887 "number of CPUs in system - 1".
888
889 This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700890 alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all
891 tasks in the system -- can cause problems and
892 suboptimal load balancer performance.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700893
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700894 iucv= [HW,NET]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700895
896 js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
897 See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
898
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700899 kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
Mel Gormaned7ed362007-07-17 04:03:14 -0700900 specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
901 for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is
902 spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
903 remaining memory in each node is used for Movable
904 pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both
905 kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will
906 take priority and other nodes will have a larger number
907 of kernelcore pages. The Movable zone is used for the
908 allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved
909 by the page migration subsystem. This means that
910 HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone.
911 Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still
912 use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
913 zone if it does not.
914
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700915 movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
Mel Gorman7e63efe2007-07-17 04:03:15 -0700916 is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
917 amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
918 If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
919 then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
920 value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
921 is specified, the administrator must be careful
922 that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
923 is not too small.
924
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700925 keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
926
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700927 kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700928 in oops dumps.
929
930 l2cr= [PPC]
931
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700932 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700933 disabled it.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700934
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -0700935 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in
Thomas Gleixnere585bef2007-03-23 16:08:01 +0100936 C2 power state.
937
FD Camifcb71f62008-01-06 19:08:56 +0100938 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control
939 libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
940 libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
941 libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
942 libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only
943 Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
944 for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
945
Dave Jones78e70c22007-09-27 11:50:13 -0400946 libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
947 when set.
948 Format: <int>
949
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700950 load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
951 See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
952
Randy Dunlapa6b25b62006-01-14 13:21:19 -0800953 lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
954 Format: <integer>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700955
Randy Dunlapa6b25b62006-01-14 13:21:19 -0800956 lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port.
957 Format: <integer>
958
959 lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value.
960 Format: <integer>
961
962 lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port.
963 Format: <integer>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700964
965 logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
966 Format: <irq>
967
968 loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
969 console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
970 also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
971 loglevels are defined as follows:
972
973 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable
974 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately
975 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions
976 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions
977 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions
978 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition
979 6 (KERN_INFO) informational
980 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages
981
982 log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -0700983 Format: { n | nk | nM }
984 n must be a power of two. The default size
985 is set in the kernel config file.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700986
Randy Dunlapaccaa242007-10-16 01:29:37 -0700987 logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
988 This may be used to provide more screen space for
989 kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
990 kernel boot problems.
991
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700992 lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
993 lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
994 lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
995 lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
996 specified in addition to the ports) causes
997 attached printers to be reset. Using
998 lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
999 to associate lp devices with, starting with
1000 lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
1001 that lp device, or a parport name such as
1002 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
1003 port specification list means that device IDs
1004 from each port should be examined, to see if
1005 an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
1006 so, the driver will manage that printer.
1007 See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
1008
1009 lpj=n [KNL]
1010 Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
1011 time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
1012 CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
1013 the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
1014 autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
1015 on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
1016 which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
1017 significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
1018 will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
1019 unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
1020 unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
1021 hardware.
1022
1023 ltpc= [NET]
1024 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
1025
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001026 mac5380= [HW,SCSI] Format:
1027 <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001028
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001029 mac53c9x= [HW,SCSI] Format:
1030 <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001031
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001032 machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
1033 (machvec) in a generic kernel.
1034 Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001035
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001036 max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001037 be mounted
1038 Format: <1-256>
1039
1040 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
Len Brown61ec7562007-08-16 03:34:22 -04001041 should make use of. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
1042 kernel to using 'n' processors. n=0 is a special case,
1043 it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
1044 the IO APIC.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001045
Bob Picco2b2c3752005-06-29 18:00:00 -07001046 max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or
1047 equal to this physical address is ignored.
1048
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001049 max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001050 Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
1051
1052 max_report_luns=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001053 [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001054 Should be between 1 and 16384.
1055
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001056 mca-pentium [BUGS=X86-32]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001057
1058 mcatest= [IA-64]
1059
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001060 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001061
Andi Kleen909dd322007-10-17 18:04:38 +02001062 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
1063
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001064 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
1065 See Documentation/md.txt.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001066
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001067 mdacon= [MDA]
1068 Format: <first>,<last>
1069 Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001070
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001071 mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
1072 Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
1073 to see the whole system memory or for test.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001074 [X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001075 address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices
1076 could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM.
1077
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001078 mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001079 memory.
1080
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001081 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001082 E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
1083 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
1084 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
1085 option description.
1086
1087 memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
1088 [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
1089 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
1090
1091 memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
1092 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
1093 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
1094
1095 memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
1096 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
1097 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
1098
1099 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
1100 See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
1101
Andres Salomon8f368812007-10-12 23:04:06 +02001102 mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
1103 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
1104 platforms.
1105
Willy Tarreaue6c4dc62008-01-30 13:33:33 +01001106 mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
1107 the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
1108 version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
1109 problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
1110
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001111 mga= [HW,DRM]
1112
1113 mousedev.tap_time=
1114 [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
1115 leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
1116 a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
1117 touchpads working in absolute mode only).
1118 Format: <msecs>
1119 mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
1120 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
1121 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
1122 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
1123
1124 mpu401= [HW,OSS]
1125 Format: <io>,<irq>
1126
1127 MTD_Partition= [MTD]
1128 Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
1129
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001130 MTD_Region= [MTD] Format:
1131 <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001132
1133 mtdparts= [MTD]
Randy Dunlapc8facbb2007-07-31 00:37:40 -07001134 See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001135
1136 mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001137 [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
1138 ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001139
1140 n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
1141
1142 NCR_D700= [HW,SCSI]
1143 See header of drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c.
1144
1145 ncr5380= [HW,SCSI]
1146
1147 ncr53c400= [HW,SCSI]
1148
1149 ncr53c400a= [HW,SCSI]
1150
1151 ncr53c406a= [HW,SCSI]
1152
1153 ncr53c8xx= [HW,SCSI]
1154
1155 netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters
1156 Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
1157 Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
1158 something different and driver-specific.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001159 This usage is only documented in each driver source
1160 file if at all.
1161
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001162 nfsaddrs= [NFS]
1163 See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.
1164
1165 nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
1166 See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.
1167
Trond Myklebusta72b4422006-01-03 09:55:41 +01001168 nfs.callback_tcpport=
1169 [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
1170 channel should listen.
1171
Trond Myklebust58df0952006-01-03 09:55:57 +01001172 nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
1173 [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
1174 entries.
1175
Trond Myklebustf43bf0b2007-10-09 12:01:04 -04001176 nfs.enable_ino64=
1177 [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
1178 If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
1179 number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
1180 of returning the full 64-bit number.
1181 The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
1182
Haavard Skinnemoene7ba1762007-10-10 14:58:29 +02001183 nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32] Specify one or more actions to take
1184 when a NMI is triggered.
1185 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
1186
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001187 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001188
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001189 no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001190 emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
1191 is present.
1192
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001193 noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
1194 caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory,
1195 but will impact performance.
Paul Menage3395ee02006-12-06 20:32:16 -08001196
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001197 noalign [KNL,ARM]
1198
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001199 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
1200 IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
1201
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001202 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
1203 on "Classic" PPC cores.
1204
1205 nocache [ARM]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001206
Shailabh Nagar163ecdf2006-07-30 03:03:11 -07001207 nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
1208
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001209 nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
1210
Huang, Ying8b2cb7a2008-01-30 13:32:11 +01001211 noefi [X86-32,X86-64] Disable EFI runtime services support.
1212
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001213 noexec [IA-64]
1214
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001215 noexec [X86-32,X86-64]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001216 noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
1217 noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings
1218
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001219 nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
Chuck Ebbert4f886512006-03-23 02:59:34 -08001220 register save and restore. The kernel will only save
1221 legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001222
Andi Kleen191679f2008-01-30 13:33:21 +01001223 noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
1224
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001225 nohlt [BUGS=ARM]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001226
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001227 no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001228 instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
1229 use it.
1230
1231 nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
1232 function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
1233 power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
1234 interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
1235 in certain environments such as networked servers or
1236 real-time systems.
1237
Thomas Gleixner79bf2bb2007-02-16 01:28:03 -08001238 nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
1239 Valid arguments: on, off
1240 Default: on
1241
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001242 noirqbalance [X86-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
Zachary Amsden8542b202006-12-07 02:14:09 +01001243
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001244 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001245 disable unhandled interrupt sources.
1246
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001247 no_timer_check [X86-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
Zachary Amsden8542b202006-12-07 02:14:09 +01001248 broken timer IRQ sources.
1249
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001250 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
1251
1252 noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
1253 initial RAM disk.
1254
1255 nointroute [IA-64]
1256
Tony Luck0aa366f2007-07-20 11:22:30 -07001257 nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
1258
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001259 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001260
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001261 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
Thomas Gleixnerad62ca22007-03-22 00:11:21 -08001262
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001263 noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
1264 lowmem mapping on PPC40x.
1265
Horms312f1f02006-02-22 09:57:55 +09001266 nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
1267
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001268 nomce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
Hormsabe37e52006-04-01 01:36:09 +02001269
Andres Salomon83d73842007-10-12 23:04:06 +02001270 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
1271 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
1272
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001273 noreplace-paravirt [X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
Jeremy Fitzhardinge959b4fd2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02001274
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001275 noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
Jeremy Fitzhardingeb7fb4af2007-05-02 19:27:13 +02001276 with UP alternatives
1277
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001278 noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.
1279
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001280 noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
1281 space.
1282
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001283 no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback.
1284 This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
1285 reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
1286
1287 nosbagart [IA-64]
1288
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001289 nosep [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
Chuck Ebbert4f886512006-03-23 02:59:34 -08001290
Len Brown61ec7562007-08-16 03:34:22 -04001291 nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
1292 and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0".
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001293
Dave Jones97842212007-07-15 23:41:05 -07001294 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
1295
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001296 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
1297
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001298 notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001299
1300 nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
1301
1302 nowb [ARM]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001303
KAMEZAWA Hiroyukif0c0b2b2007-07-15 23:38:01 -07001304 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
1305 one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified
1306 This can be set from sysctl after boot.
1307 See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
1308
Dave Jonesa61c2d72006-01-07 23:18:19 +00001309 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
1310
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001311 opl3= [HW,OSS]
1312 Format: <io>
1313
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001314 oprofile.timer= [HW]
1315 Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
1316
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001317 osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
1318 Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
1319 See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
1320
1321 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic
1322 Format: <timeout>
1323
1324 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
1325 connected to, default is 0.
1326 Format: <parport#>
1327 parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
1328 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001329 Format: <mode>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001330
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001331 parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
1332 Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
1333 Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
1334 IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
1335 ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
1336 possible conflicts). You can specify the base
1337 address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
1338 should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
1339 settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
1340 (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
1341 Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
1342 are specified on the command line, starting
1343 with parport0.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001344
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001345 parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT]
1346 Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
1347 a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
1348 computer where firmware has no options for setting
1349 up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
1350 Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001351 Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
1352
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001353 pas2= [HW,OSS] Format:
1354 <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>
1355
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001356 pas16= [HW,SCSI]
1357 See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.
1358
Andrew Mortondd287792006-03-23 03:00:57 -08001359 pause_on_oops=
1360 Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
1361 the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if
1362 your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
1363
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001364 pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
1365
1366 pcd. [PARIDE]
1367 See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
1368 See also Documentation/paride.txt.
1369
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001370 pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001371 off [X86-32] don't probe for the PCI bus
1372 bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001373 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
1374 has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001375 nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001376 hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
1377 if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
1378 suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001379 conf1 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001380 Mechanism 1.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001381 conf2 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001382 Mechanism 2.
Randy Dunlap7f785762007-10-05 13:17:58 -07001383 noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
1384 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
1385 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
Jeff Garzik32a2eea2007-10-11 16:57:27 -04001386 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
1387 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001388 nommconf [X86-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
Bjorn Helgaas61be6d62006-02-15 15:17:43 -08001389 Configuration
Matthew Wilcox309e57d2006-03-05 22:33:34 -07001390 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
1391 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
1392 disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001393 nosort [X86-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001394 order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is
1395 done to get a device order compatible with
1396 older kernels.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001397 biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001398 routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
1399 on several machines and they hang the machine
1400 when used, but on other computers it's the only
1401 way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
1402 this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
1403 IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
1404 motherboard.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001405 rom [X86-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001406 Use with caution as certain devices share
1407 address decoders between ROMs and other
1408 resources.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001409 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001410 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
1411 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
1412 this way.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001413 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86-32] Specify the physical address
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001414 of the PIRQ table (normally generated
1415 by the BIOS) if it is outside the
1416 F0000h-100000h range.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001417 lastbus=N [X86-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001418 useful if the kernel is unable to find your
1419 secondary buses and you want to tell it
1420 explicitly which ones they are.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001421 assign-busses [X86-32] Always assign all PCI bus
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001422 numbers ourselves, overriding
1423 whatever the firmware may have done.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001424 usepirqmask [X86-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001425 in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
1426 some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
1427 some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
1428 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
1429 IRQ routing is enabled.
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001430 noacpi [X86-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001431 or for PCI scanning.
Gary Hade62f420f2007-10-03 15:56:51 -07001432 use_crs [X86-32] Use _CRS for PCI resource
1433 allocation.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001434 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
1435 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
1436 so this option is a temporary workaround
1437 for broken drivers that don't call it.
1438 firmware [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead
1439 just use the configuration from the
1440 bootloader. This is currently used on
1441 IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
1442 configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
Andi Kleen0637a702006-09-26 10:52:41 +02001443 noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
1444 This might help on some broken boards which
1445 machine check when some devices' config space
1446 is read. But various workarounds are disabled
1447 and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
Matt Domsch6b4b78f2006-09-29 15:23:23 -05001448 bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
1449 This sorting is done to get a device
1450 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
1451 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
Atsushi Nemoto4516a612007-02-05 16:36:06 -08001452 cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
1453 reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
1454 The default value is 256 bytes.
1455 cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
1456 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
1457 window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
Matt Domsch6b4b78f2006-09-29 15:23:23 -05001458
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001459 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
1460
1461 pd. [PARIDE]
1462 See Documentation/paride.txt.
1463
1464 pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
1465 boot time.
1466 Format: { 0 | 1 }
1467 See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
1468
1469 pf. [PARIDE]
1470 See Documentation/paride.txt.
1471
1472 pg. [PARIDE]
1473 See Documentation/paride.txt.
1474
1475 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
1476 See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
1477
1478 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
1479 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
1480 See also Documentation/parport.txt.
1481
1482 pnpacpi= [ACPI]
1483 { off }
1484
1485 pnpbios= [ISAPNP]
1486 { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
1487
1488 pnp_reserve_irq=
1489 [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
1490
1491 pnp_reserve_dma=
1492 [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
1493
1494 pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001495 Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001496
1497 pnp_reserve_mem=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001498 [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
1499 autoconfiguration.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001500 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
1501
Ingo Molnar45807a12007-07-15 23:40:10 -07001502 print-fatal-signals=
1503 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
1504 print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
1505 the kernel console.
1506 default: off.
1507
Randy Dunlape84845c2007-07-15 23:40:25 -07001508 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
1509 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
1510
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001511 profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001512 Format: [schedule,]<number>
1513 Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
1514 Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
1515 statistical time based profiling.
Mel Gormanb3da2a72007-10-24 18:23:50 +02001516 Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
1517 Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
Dave Jonesc0fe2e62007-10-20 03:08:22 +02001518 Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001519
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001520 processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001521 Limit processor to maximum C-state
1522 max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
1523
Len Brown41c0d862005-12-28 12:43:51 -05001524 processor.nocst [HW,ACPI]
1525 Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
1526 instead using the legacy FADT method
1527
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001528 prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
1529 before loading.
1530 See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
1531
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001532 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
1533 probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001534 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
1535 per second.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001536 psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE]
1537 Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001538 (0 = never).
1539 psmouse.resolution=
1540 [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
1541 psmouse.smartscroll=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001542 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001543 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
1544
1545 pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001546 Format:
1547 <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001548
1549 pt. [PARIDE]
1550 See Documentation/paride.txt.
1551
Kay Sieversdc8c8582007-08-15 12:25:38 +02001552 pty.legacy_count=
1553 [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
1554 default number.
1555
Randy Dunlap7d2c5022006-09-29 02:01:02 -07001556 quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001557
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001558 r128= [HW,DRM]
1559
1560 raid= [HW,RAID]
1561 See Documentation/md.txt.
1562
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001563 ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001564 See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001565
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001566 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001567 See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
1568
Robert P. J. Day24aaef82008-02-03 15:20:26 +02001569 rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT]
1570 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
1571 in one batch.
Dipankar Sarma21a1ea92006-03-07 21:55:33 -08001572
Robert P. J. Day24aaef82008-02-03 15:20:26 +02001573 rcupdate.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT]
1574 Set threshold of queued
Dipankar Sarma21a1ea92006-03-07 21:55:33 -08001575 RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
1576
Robert P. J. Day24aaef82008-02-03 15:20:26 +02001577 rcupdate.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT]
1578 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
1579 batch limiting is re-enabled.
Dipankar Sarma21a1ea92006-03-07 21:55:33 -08001580
Olof Johanssonffdfc402005-09-06 15:17:19 -07001581 rdinit= [KNL]
1582 Format: <full_path>
1583 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
1584 used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
1585
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001586 reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001587 Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
Mauro Carvalho Chehabe53dd082007-09-15 07:38:47 -03001588 See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001589
1590 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
1591
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001592 reservetop= [X86-32]
Zachary Amsden461a9aff2006-09-25 23:32:25 -07001593 Format: nn[KMG]
1594 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
1595 address space.
1596
Vivek Goyal7e962872006-09-27 01:50:44 -07001597 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
1598 during initialization.
1599
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001600 resume= [SWSUSP]
1601 Specify the partition device for software suspend
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001602
Rafael J. Wysockiecbd0da2006-12-06 20:34:13 -08001603 resume_offset= [SWSUSP]
1604 Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
1605 given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
1606 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
1607 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
1608
Michael Neuling0a7b35cb2007-02-10 01:44:33 -08001609 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
1610
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001611 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
1612 Set number of hash buckets for route cache
1613
1614 riscom8= [HW,SERIAL]
1615 Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]]
1616
1617 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
1618
1619 root= [KNL] Root filesystem
1620
1621 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
1622 mount the root filesystem
1623
1624 rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
1625
1626 rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
1627
Pierre Ossmancc1ed752007-07-15 23:40:35 -07001628 rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
1629 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
1630 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
1631
James Morris20510f22007-10-16 23:31:32 -07001632 root_plug.vendor_id=
1633 [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID
1634
1635 root_plug.product_id=
1636 [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID
1637
1638 root_plug.debug=
1639 [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output
1640
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001641 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
1642
1643 S [KNL] Run init in single mode
1644
1645 sa1100ir [NET]
1646 See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
1647
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001648 sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001649
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001650 sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
1651 Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]
1652
1653 scsi_debug_*= [SCSI]
1654 See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c.
1655
1656 scsi_default_dev_flags=
1657 [SCSI] SCSI default device flags
1658 Format: <integer>
1659
1660 scsi_dev_flags= [SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model
1661 Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags>
1662 (flags are integer value)
1663
Randy Dunlap6af66322007-11-14 16:52:25 -08001664 scsi_logging_level= [SCSI] a bit mask of logging levels
1665 See drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h for bits. Also
1666 settable via sysctl at dev.scsi.logging_level
1667 (/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level).
1668 There is also a nice 'scsi_logging_level' script in the
1669 S390-tools package, available for download at
1670 http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-1.5.4.html
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001671
Matthew Wilcox3e082a92006-09-28 15:19:20 -06001672 scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are
1673 discovered. async scans them in kernel threads,
1674 allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting
1675 user space to do the scan.
1676
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001677 selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
1678 Format: { "0" | "1" }
1679 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1680 0 -- disable.
1681 1 -- enable.
1682 Default value is set via kernel config option.
1683 If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
1684 later to disable prior to initial policy load.
1685
James Morris4e5ab4c2006-06-09 00:33:33 -07001686 selinux_compat_net =
1687 [SELINUX] Set initial selinux_compat_net flag value.
Mauro Carvalho Chehabe53dd082007-09-15 07:38:47 -03001688 Format: { "0" | "1" }
1689 0 -- use new secmark-based packet controls
1690 1 -- use legacy packet controls
1691 Default value is 0 (preferred).
1692 Value can be changed at runtime via
1693 /selinux/compat_net.
James Morris4e5ab4c2006-06-09 00:33:33 -07001694
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001695 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001696
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001697 shapers= [NET]
1698 Maximal number of shapers.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001699
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001700 sim710= [SCSI,HW]
1701 See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c.
1702
1703 simeth= [IA-64]
1704 simscsi=
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001705
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001706 slram= [HW,MTD]
1707
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07001708 slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB]
1709 Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
1710 culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
1711 slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
1712 may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
1713 last alloc / free. For more information see
1714 Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001715
1716 slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07001717 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
1718 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
1719 fragmentation. For more information see
1720 Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001721
1722 slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB]
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07001723 The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
1724 increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
1725 generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
1726 the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
1727 of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
1728 and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001729 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
1730
1731 slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB]
1732 Determines the mininum page order for slabs. Must be
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07001733 lower than slub_max_order.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001734 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
1735
1736 slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07001737 Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001738 necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -07001739 allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
1740 merging on their own.
Christoph Lameterc1aee212007-05-31 00:40:47 -07001741 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
1742
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001743 smart2= [HW]
1744 Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
1745
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07001746 smp-alt-once [X86-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only
Jeremy Fitzhardingeb7fb4af2007-05-02 19:27:13 +02001747 attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot.
1748
Bjorn Helgaasd0d4f692007-05-08 00:36:05 -07001749 smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
1750 smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port
1751 smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port
1752 smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port
1753 smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line
1754 smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel
1755 smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
1756 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
1757 1: Fast pin select (default)
1758 2: ATC IRMode
1759
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001760 snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA]
1761
1762 snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA]
1763
1764 snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA]
1765
1766 snd-als100= [HW,ALSA]
1767
1768 snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA]
1769
1770 snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA]
1771
1772 snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA]
1773
1774 snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA]
1775
1776 snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
1777
1778 snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA]
1779
1780 snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA]
1781
1782 snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA]
1783
1784 snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA]
1785
1786 snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA]
1787
1788 snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA]
1789
1790 snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA]
1791
1792 snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA]
1793
1794 snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA]
1795
1796 snd-es968= [HW,ALSA]
1797
1798 snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA]
1799
1800 snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA]
1801
1802 snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA]
1803
1804 snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA]
1805
1806 snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA]
1807
1808 snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA]
1809
1810 snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA]
1811
1812 snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA]
1813
1814 snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA]
1815
1816 snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA]
1817
1818 snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA]
1819
1820 snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA]
1821
1822 snd-interwave-stb=
1823 [HW,ALSA]
1824
1825 snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA]
1826
1827 snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA]
1828
1829 snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA]
1830
1831 snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA]
1832
1833 snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA]
1834
1835 snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA]
1836
1837 snd-opti92x-ad1848=
1838 [HW,ALSA]
1839
1840 snd-opti92x-cs4231=
1841 [HW,ALSA]
1842
1843 snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA]
1844
1845 snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA]
1846
1847 snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA]
1848
1849 snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA]
1850
1851 snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA]
1852
1853 snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA]
1854
1855 snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA]
1856
1857 snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA]
1858
1859 snd-serial= [HW,ALSA]
1860
1861 snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA]
1862
1863 snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA]
1864
1865 snd-sun-amd7930=
1866 [HW,ALSA]
1867
1868 snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
1869
1870 snd-trident= [HW,ALSA]
1871
1872 snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB]
1873
1874 snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA]
1875
1876 snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA]
1877
1878 snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA]
1879
1880 snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001881
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001882 sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
1883 See Documentation/sonypi.txt
1884
1885 specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter
1886 See Documentation/specialix.txt.
1887
1888 spia_io_base= [HW,MTD]
1889 spia_fio_base=
1890 spia_pedr=
1891 spia_peddr=
1892
1893 sscape= [HW,OSS]
1894 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001895
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001896 st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
1897 See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
1898
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001899 sti= [PARISC,HW]
1900 Format: <num>
1901 Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
1902 machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
1903 as the initial boot-console.
1904 See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
1905
1906 sti_font= [HW]
1907 See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
1908
1909 stifb= [HW]
1910 Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
1911
Greg Banks42a7fc42007-03-06 01:42:23 -08001912 sunrpc.pool_mode=
1913 [NFS]
1914 Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
1915 service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs
1916 you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
1917 option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
1918 Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
1919 NFS server is running.
1920
1921 auto the server chooses an appropriate mode
1922 automatically using heuristics
1923 global a single global pool contains all CPUs
1924 percpu one pool for each CPU
1925 pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
1926 to global on non-NUMA machines)
1927
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001928 swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001929
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001930 switches= [HW,M68k]
1931
1932 sym53c416= [HW,SCSI]
1933 See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c.
1934
Ingo Molnar5d6f6472006-12-13 00:34:36 -08001935 sysrq_always_enabled
1936 [KNL]
1937 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
1938 neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
1939 Useful for debugging.
1940
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001941 t128= [HW,SCSI]
1942 See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c.
1943
1944 tdfx= [HW,DRM]
1945
1946 thash_entries= [KNL,NET]
1947 Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
1948
Len Brownf8707ec2007-08-12 00:12:54 -04001949 thermal.act= [HW,ACPI]
1950 -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
1951 <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
1952
Len Brownc52a7412007-08-14 15:49:32 -04001953 thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI]
1954 -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
1955 <degrees C>: lower all critical trip points
1956
Len Brownf5487142007-08-12 00:12:44 -04001957 thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI]
1958 Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
1959 critical and hot trip points.
1960
Len Brown72b33ef2007-08-12 00:12:17 -04001961 thermal.off= [HW,ACPI]
1962 1: disable ACPI thermal control
1963
Len Browna70cdc52007-08-12 00:12:35 -04001964 thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI]
1965 -1: disable all passive trip points
1966 <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this value
1967
Len Brown730ff342007-08-12 00:12:26 -04001968 thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI]
1969 Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
1970 <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
1971 0: no polling (default)
1972
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001973 time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
Randy Dunlape84845c2007-07-15 23:40:25 -07001974 [deprecated, see 'printk.time']
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001975
1976 tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT]
1977 Set communications timeout in tenths of a second
1978 (default 15).
1979
1980 tipar.delay= [HW,PPT]
1981 Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10).
1982
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001983 tmscsim= [HW,SCSI]
1984 See comment before function dc390_setup() in
1985 drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
1986
1987 tp720= [HW,PS2]
1988
1989 trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001990 Format:
1991 <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
1992
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07001993 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
1994 TurboGraFX parallel port interface
1995 Format:
1996 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001997 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
1998
1999 u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter
2000 See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.
2001
2002 uart401= [HW,OSS]
2003 Format: <io>,<irq>
2004
2005 uart6850= [HW,OSS]
2006 Format: <io>,<irq>
2007
Alan Stern5f8364b2006-12-05 16:29:55 -05002008 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
2009 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
2010 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
2011 bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
2012 anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
2013 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
2014 reported either.
2015
Alan Sternb5e795f2007-02-20 15:00:53 -05002016 usbcore.autosuspend=
2017 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
2018 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This
2019 is the time required before an idle device will be
2020 autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set
Alan Sterneaafbc32007-03-13 16:39:15 -04002021 to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
Alan Sternb5e795f2007-02-20 15:00:53 -05002022
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002023 usbhid.mousepoll=
2024 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002025
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002026 vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64]
Jeremy Fitzhardinge1dbf527c2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02002027 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
Ingo Molnare6e54942006-06-27 02:53:50 -07002028 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
2029 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
2030
Roland McGrathaf65d642008-01-30 13:30:43 +01002031 vdso32= [X86-32,X86-64]
2032 vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
2033 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default)
2034 vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping
2035
Yasuaki Ishimatsud080d392007-07-17 21:22:55 +09002036 vector= [IA-64,SMP]
2037 vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
2038
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002039 video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
2040 See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
2041
Alan Coxcd4f0ef2007-07-31 00:37:59 -07002042 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002043 See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and
2044 Documentation/svga.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002045 Use vga=ask for menu.
2046 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
2047 passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
2048
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002049 vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002050 size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
2051 minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
2052 decrease the size and leave more room for directly
2053 mapped kernel RAM.
2054
Peter Oberparleiter585c3042006-06-29 15:08:25 +02002055 vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
2056 Format: <command>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002057
Peter Oberparleiter585c3042006-06-29 15:08:25 +02002058 vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
2059 Format: <command>
2060
2061 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
2062 Format: <command>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002063
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002064 waveartist= [HW,OSS]
2065 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002066
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002067 wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
2068 See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
2069
2070 wd7000= [HW,SCSI]
2071 See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c.
2072
2073 wdt= [WDT] Watchdog
Gabriel C8dfe9c22007-08-10 13:01:00 -07002074 See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002075
2076 xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
2077 xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
2078
2079 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002080 Format:
2081 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002082
Andi Kleena62eaf12006-02-16 23:41:58 +01002083 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization
2084 Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2085
Randy Dunlapa9913042005-10-23 12:57:11 -07002086______________________________________________________________________
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002087
2088TODO:
2089
2090 Add documentation for ALSA options.
2091 Add more DRM drivers.