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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a70e43edcb65..854ed5ca7e3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ parameter is applicable: ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. APIC APIC support is enabled. APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. + ARM ARM architecture is enabled. AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. @@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ parameter is applicable: EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. FB The frame buffer device is enabled. + FTRACE Function tracing enabled. GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. @@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ parameter is applicable: Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt. MCA MCA bus support is enabled. MDA MDA console support is enabled. + MIPS MIPS architecture is enabled. MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. @@ -100,7 +103,6 @@ parameter is applicable: SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. - FTRACE Function tracing enabled. TPM TPM drivers are enabled. TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled. @@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ parameter is applicable: X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. More X86-64 boot options can be found in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt . - X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) + X86 Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) XEN Xen support is enabled In addition, the following text indicates that the option: @@ -163,6 +165,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi + acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] + Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used + on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the + second kernel for kdump. + acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] Format: <int> 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available @@ -371,7 +378,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] Use software keyboard repeat - autotest [IA64] + autotest [IA-64] baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] Format: <io>,<mode> @@ -546,6 +553,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter. See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. + cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE] + disable the cpuidle sub-system + cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] @@ -673,8 +683,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. - MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8bit (mmio) - or 32bit (mmio32). + MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit + (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32). The options are the same as for ttyS, above. earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN] @@ -717,7 +727,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. - elfcorehdr= [IA64,PPC,SH,X86] + elfcorehdr= [IA-64,PPC,SH,X86] Specifies physical address of start of kernel core image elf header. Generally kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel. @@ -783,7 +793,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. 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. + tracing directory. ftrace_notrace=[function-list] [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in @@ -821,7 +831,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on - for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise. + for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise. Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer @@ -990,10 +1000,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. DMA. forcedac [x86_64] With this option iommu will not optimize to look - for io virtual address below 32 bit forcing dual + for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater - than 32 bit addressing. The default is to look - for translation below 32 bit and if not available + than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look + for translation below 32-bit and if not available then look in the higher range. strict [Default Off] With this option on every unmap_single operation will @@ -1009,7 +1019,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. off disable Interrupt Remapping nosid disable Source ID checking - inttest= [IA64] + inttest= [IA-64] iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory strict regions from userspace. @@ -1026,7 +1036,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nomerge forcesac soft - pt [x86, IA64] + pt [x86, IA-64] io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in @@ -1157,7 +1167,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU) for all guests. - Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode + Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode. kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. @@ -1194,10 +1204,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only - libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only + libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs. - + libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default) libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk @@ -1323,7 +1333,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ltpc= [NET] Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> - machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector + machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb @@ -1340,9 +1350,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables the IO APIC. - max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can - be mounted - Format: <1-256> + max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get + (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default + number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead + of statically allocating a predefined number, loop + devices can be requested on-demand with the + /dev/loop-control interface. mcatest= [IA-64] @@ -1726,7 +1739,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nointroute [IA-64] - nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. + nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver @@ -1792,7 +1805,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. - nptcg= [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB + nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or SAL PALO. @@ -1846,7 +1859,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout> - seconds before rebooting + timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting + timeout = 0: wait forever + timeout < 0: reboot immediately Format: <timeout> parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is @@ -2067,13 +2082,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } See also Documentation/parport.txt. - pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port. + pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port. Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value. e.g. pmtmr=0x508 - pnp.debug [PNP] - Enable PNP debug messages. This depends on the - CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option. + pnp.debug=1 [PNP] + Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the + CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option). Change at run-time + via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug. We always show + current resource usage; turning this on also shows + possible settings and some assignment information. pnpacpi= [ACPI] { off } @@ -2151,6 +2169,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). + pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use + pt. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. @@ -2236,6 +2256,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot root= [KNL] Root filesystem + See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c. rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to mount the root filesystem @@ -2622,6 +2643,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. medium is write-protected). Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc + user_debug= [KNL,ARM] + Format: <int> + See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text. + 1 - undefined instruction events + 2 - system calls + 4 - invalid data aborts + 8 - SIGSEGV faults + 16 - SIGBUS faults + Example: user_debug=31 + userpte= [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations. @@ -2667,6 +2698,27 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. Format: <command> + vsyscall= [X86-64] + Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to + fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy + code). Most statically-linked binaries and older + versions of glibc use these calls. Because these + functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice + targets for exploits that can control RIP. + + emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are + emulated reasonably safely. + + native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions. + This is a little bit faster than trapping + and makes a few dynamic recompilers work + better than they would in emulation mode. + It also makes exploits much easier to write. + + none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes + them quite hard to use for exploits but + might break your system. + vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape. Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence; |