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@@ -328,11 +328,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
flushed before they will be reused, which
is a lot of faster
- amd_iommu_size= [HW,X86-64]
- Define the size of the aperture for the AMD IOMMU
- driver. Possible values are:
- '32M', '64M' (default), '128M', '256M', '512M', '1G'
-
amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
Format: <a>,<b>
@@ -496,6 +491,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
some critical bits.
+ cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
+ Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
+ when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
+ to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
+ a hypervisor.
+ Default: yes
+
code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
in an oops report.
Range: 0 - 8192
@@ -544,6 +546,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
console=brl,ttyS0
For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
+ consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
+ seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0
+ disables the blank timer.
+
coredump_filter=
[KNL] Change the default value for
/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
@@ -645,6 +651,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
architectural default is too low.
+ dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
+ With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
+ filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
+ pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
+ The filter can be disabled or changed to another
+ driver later using sysfs.
+
dscc4.setup= [NET]
dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI]
@@ -751,12 +764,25 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
ftrace=[tracer]
- [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+ [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
as early as possible in order to facilitate early
boot debugging.
ftrace_dump_on_oops
- [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+ [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
+ ftrace_filter=[function-list]
+ [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
+ tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
+ list of functions. This list can be changed at run
+ time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
+ tracing directory.
+
+ ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
+ [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
+ function-list. This list can be changed at run time
+ by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
+ tracing directory.
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
@@ -872,11 +898,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
- .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .noprobe .nowerr .cdrom
- .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
- See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
-
- idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
+ .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
+ .cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
@@ -913,6 +936,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" }
default: "sha1"
+ ima_tcb [IMA]
+ Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
+ Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all
+ programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
+ opened for read by uid=0.
+
in2000= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c.
@@ -1055,13 +1084,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
kgdboc= [HW] kgdb over consoles.
Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
- (only serial suported for now)
+ (only serial supported for now)
Format: <serial_device>[,baud]
kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
Ethernet adapter MAC address.
+ kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
+ Valid arguments: on, off
+ Default: on
+
kstack=N [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
in oops dumps.
@@ -1380,7 +1413,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
- used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
+ used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
@@ -1525,6 +1558,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
register save and restore. The kernel will only save
legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
+ noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
+ and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
+ enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
+
nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
@@ -1561,6 +1598,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
initial RAM disk.
+ nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
+ remapping.
+
nointroute [IA-64]
nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
@@ -1646,6 +1686,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
oprofile.timer= [HW]
Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
+ oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type
+ This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
+ userland or if you want common events.
+ Format: { archperfmon }
+ archperfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
+ perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
+ CPU specific event set.
+
osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.