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1 | February 2003 Kernel Parameters v2.5.59 |
2 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
3 | ||
4 | The 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 | |
7 | case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known. | |
8 | ||
9 | Module parameters for loadable modules are specified only as the | |
10 | parameter name with optional '=' and value as appropriate, such as: | |
11 | ||
12 | modprobe usbcore blinkenlights=1 | |
13 | ||
14 | Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image | |
15 | are 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 | ||
a9913044 | 20 | The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the |
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21 | restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The |
22 | restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: | |
23 | ||
24 | ACPI ACPI support is enabled. | |
25 | ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. | |
26 | APIC APIC support is enabled. | |
27 | APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. | |
28 | AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. | |
29 | CD Appropriate CD support is enabled. | |
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30 | DEVFS devfs support is enabled. |
31 | DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. | |
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32 | EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled |
33 | EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled | |
34 | EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. | |
35 | FB The frame buffer device is enabled. | |
36 | HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. | |
37 | IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled. | |
38 | IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. | |
39 | IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled. | |
41e2e8be | 40 | IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. |
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41 | ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. |
42 | ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. | |
43 | JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. | |
44 | LP Printer support is enabled. | |
45 | LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. | |
46 | M68k M68k architecture is enabled. | |
47 | These options have more detailed description inside of | |
48 | Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt. | |
49 | MCA MCA bus support is enabled. | |
50 | MDA MDA console support is enabled. | |
51 | MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. | |
52 | MTD MTD support is enabled. | |
53 | NET Appropriate network support is enabled. | |
54 | NUMA NUMA support is enabled. | |
55 | NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. | |
56 | OSS OSS sound support is enabled. | |
57 | PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled. | |
58 | PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. | |
59 | PCI PCI bus support is enabled. | |
60 | PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled. | |
61 | PNP Plug & Play support is enabled. | |
62 | PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled. | |
63 | PPT Parallel port support is enabled. | |
64 | PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. | |
65 | RAM RAM disk support is enabled. | |
66 | S390 S390 architecture is enabled. | |
67 | SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. | |
68 | A lot of drivers has their options described inside of | |
69 | Documentation/scsi/. | |
70 | SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. | |
71 | SERIAL Serial support is enabled. | |
72 | SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. | |
73 | SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. | |
a9913044 | 74 | SWSUSP Software suspend is enabled. |
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75 | TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. |
76 | USB USB support is enabled. | |
77 | USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. | |
78 | V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. | |
79 | VGA The VGA console has been enabled. | |
80 | VT Virtual terminal support is enabled. | |
81 | WDT Watchdog support is enabled. | |
82 | XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled. | |
83 | X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. | |
84 | More X86-64 boot options can be found in | |
85 | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt . | |
86 | ||
87 | In addition, the following text indicates that the option: | |
88 | ||
89 | BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor. | |
90 | KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter. | |
91 | BOOT Is a boot loader parameter. | |
92 | ||
93 | Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot | |
94 | loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. | |
95 | Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme | |
96 | need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>. | |
97 | ||
98 | Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that | |
99 | a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will | |
100 | be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that | |
101 | it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs | |
102 | running once the system is up. | |
103 | ||
104 | 53c7xx= [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers | |
105 | See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c. | |
106 | See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt. | |
107 | ||
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108 | acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
109 | Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq } | |
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110 | force -- enable ACPI if default was off |
111 | off -- disable ACPI if default was on | |
112 | noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing | |
113 | ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading | |
a9913044 | 114 | strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not |
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115 | strictly ACPI specification compliant. |
116 | ||
117 | See also Documentation/pm.txt, pci=noacpi | |
118 | ||
119 | acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options | |
120 | Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode } | |
121 | See Documentation/power/video.txt | |
a9913044 | 122 | |
1da177e4 | 123 | acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode |
a9913044 | 124 | Format: { level | edge | high | low } |
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126 | acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] |
127 | ACPI will balance active IRQs | |
128 | default in APIC mode | |
1da177e4 | 129 | |
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130 | acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI] |
131 | ACPI will not move active IRQs (default) | |
132 | default in PIC mode | |
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134 | acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for |
135 | use by PCI | |
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136 | Format: <irq>,<irq>... |
137 | ||
a9913044 | 138 | acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA |
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139 | Format: <irq>,<irq>... |
140 | ||
141 | acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI | |
142 | ||
143 | acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods | |
144 | ||
145 | acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] | |
146 | Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. | |
147 | For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. | |
148 | ||
149 | acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI] | |
150 | Format: <int> | |
a9913044 | 151 | Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer, |
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152 | 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time |
153 | debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set | |
154 | via /proc/acpi/debug_layer. | |
155 | ||
156 | acpi_dbg_level= [HW,ACPI] | |
157 | Format: <int> | |
a9913044 | 158 | Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level, |
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159 | 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time |
160 | debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set | |
161 | via /proc/acpi/debug_level. | |
162 | ||
163 | acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT | |
164 | ||
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165 | acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI] |
166 | Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to | |
a9913044 | 167 | override platform specific driver. |
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168 | See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt. |
169 | ||
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170 | enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] |
171 | Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer | |
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172 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs |
173 | (in particular on some ATI chipsets). | |
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174 | The kernel tries to set a reasonable default. |
175 | ||
176 | disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] | |
177 | Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer | |
178 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. | |
179 | ||
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180 | ad1816= [HW,OSS] |
181 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> | |
182 | See also Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816. | |
183 | ||
184 | ad1848= [HW,OSS] | |
185 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type> | |
186 | ||
187 | adlib= [HW,OSS] | |
188 | Format: <io> | |
a9913044 | 189 | |
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190 | advansys= [HW,SCSI] |
191 | See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. | |
192 | ||
193 | advwdt= [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT | |
194 | Format: <iostart>,<iostop> | |
195 | ||
196 | aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16 | |
197 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
198 | See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c. | |
a9913044 | 199 | |
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200 | aha152x= [HW,SCSI] |
201 | See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt. | |
202 | ||
203 | aha1542= [HW,SCSI] | |
204 | Format: <portbase>[,<buson>,<busoff>[,<dmaspeed>]] | |
205 | ||
206 | aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI] | |
207 | See Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt. | |
208 | ||
209 | aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
210 | See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. | |
211 | ||
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212 | amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support |
213 | Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT | |
214 | Format: <a>,<b> | |
215 | See also Documentation/kernel/input/joystick.txt | |
216 | ||
217 | analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support | |
218 | Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick | |
219 | connected to one of 16 gameports | |
220 | Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16> | |
221 | ||
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222 | apc= [HW,SPARC] |
223 | Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.) | |
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224 | Format: noidle |
225 | Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does | |
226 | not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have | |
227 | APC and your system crashes randomly. | |
228 | ||
a9913044 | 229 | apic= [APIC,i386] Change the output verbosity whilst booting |
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230 | Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } |
231 | Change the amount of debugging information output | |
232 | when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. | |
a9913044 | 233 | |
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234 | apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management |
235 | See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c. | |
236 | ||
237 | applicom= [HW] | |
238 | Format: <mem>,<irq> | |
a9913044 | 239 | |
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240 | arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards |
241 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> | |
242 | ||
243 | ataflop= [HW,M68k] | |
244 | ||
245 | atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse | |
246 | ||
247 | atascsi= [HW,SCSI] Atari SCSI | |
248 | ||
249 | atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess, | |
250 | EzKey and similar keyboards | |
251 | ||
252 | atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization | |
253 | ||
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254 | atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set |
255 | Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2) | |
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256 | |
257 | atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar | |
258 | keyboards | |
259 | ||
260 | atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode | |
261 | Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default)) | |
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262 | |
263 | atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] | |
264 | Use software keyboard repeat | |
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265 | |
266 | autotest [IA64] | |
267 | ||
268 | awe= [HW,OSS] AWE32/SB32/AWE64 wave table synth | |
269 | Format: <io>,<memsize>,<isapnp> | |
a9913044 | 270 | |
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271 | aztcd= [HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver |
272 | Format: <io>,0x79 (?) | |
273 | ||
274 | baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] | |
275 | Format: <io>,<mode> | |
a9913044 | 276 | |
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277 | baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem |
278 | Format: <io>,<mode> | |
279 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c. | |
280 | ||
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281 | baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] |
282 | BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode) | |
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283 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>] |
284 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c. | |
285 | ||
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286 | baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] |
287 | BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode) | |
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288 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode> |
289 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. | |
290 | ||
291 | blkmtd_device= [HW,MTD] | |
292 | blkmtd_erasesz= | |
293 | blkmtd_ro= | |
294 | blkmtd_bs= | |
295 | blkmtd_count= | |
296 | ||
297 | bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) | |
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298 | bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as |
299 | kernel args too. | |
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300 | bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options |
301 | bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST | |
302 | ||
303 | BusLogic= [HW,SCSI] | |
304 | See drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c, comment before function | |
305 | BusLogic_ParseDriverOptions(). | |
306 | ||
307 | c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card | |
308 | ||
309 | cachesize= [BUGS=IA-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection. | |
310 | Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache | |
311 | size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds | |
312 | to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not | |
313 | possible to determine what the correct size should be. | |
314 | This option provides an override for these situations. | |
315 | ||
316 | cdu31a= [HW,CD] | |
317 | Format: <io>,<irq>[,PAS] | |
318 | See header of drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c. | |
319 | ||
320 | chandev= [HW,NET] Generic channel device initialisation | |
321 | ||
322 | checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. | |
323 | Format: { "0" | "1" } | |
324 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
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325 | 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes |
326 | any implied execute protection). | |
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327 | 1 -- check protection requested by application. |
328 | Default value is set via a kernel config option. | |
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329 | Value can be changed at runtime via |
330 | /selinux/checkreqprot. | |
331 | ||
332 | clock= [BUGS=IA-32,HW] gettimeofday timesource override. | |
1da177e4 | 333 | Forces specified timesource (if avaliable) to be used |
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334 | when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified |
335 | timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. | |
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336 | Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } |
337 | ||
338 | hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT. | |
339 | Format: disable | |
340 | ||
341 | cm206= [HW,CD] | |
342 | Format: { auto | [<io>,][<irq>] } | |
343 | ||
344 | com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset | |
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345 | Format: |
346 | <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] | |
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347 | |
348 | com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers) | |
349 | Format: <io>[,<irq>] | |
350 | ||
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351 | com90xx= [HW,NET] |
352 | ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers) | |
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353 | Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]] |
354 | ||
355 | condev= [HW,S390] console device | |
356 | conmode= | |
a9913044 | 357 | |
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358 | console= [KNL] Output console device and options. |
359 | ||
360 | tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. | |
361 | ||
362 | ttyS<n>[,options] | |
363 | Use the specified serial port. The options are of | |
364 | the form "bbbbpn", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, | |
365 | "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), and "n" is bits. | |
366 | Default is "9600n8". | |
367 | ||
368 | See also Documentation/serial-console.txt. | |
369 | ||
370 | uart,io,<addr>[,options] | |
371 | uart,mmio,<addr>[,options] | |
372 | Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 | |
373 | UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, | |
374 | switching to the matching ttyS device later. The | |
375 | options are the same as for ttyS, above. | |
376 | ||
377 | cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver | |
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378 | Format: |
379 | <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] | |
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380 | |
381 | cpia_pp= [HW,PPT] | |
382 | Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none } | |
383 | ||
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384 | crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] |
385 | [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to | |
386 | hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic. | |
387 | ||
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388 | cs4232= [HW,OSS] |
389 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq> | |
390 | ||
391 | cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] | |
392 | Format: <dma> | |
393 | ||
394 | cs89x0_media= [HW,NET] | |
395 | Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc } | |
a9913044 | 396 | |
1da177e4 | 397 | cyclades= [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter. |
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398 | |
399 | dasd= [HW,NET] | |
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400 | See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c. |
401 | ||
402 | db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port | |
403 | (one device per port) | |
404 | Format: <port#>,<type> | |
405 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt | |
406 | ||
407 | debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). | |
408 | ||
409 | decnet= [HW,NET] | |
410 | Format: <area>[,<node>] | |
411 | See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. | |
412 | ||
413 | devfs= [DEVFS] | |
414 | See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options. | |
415 | ||
416 | dhash_entries= [KNL] | |
417 | Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. | |
a9913044 | 418 | |
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419 | digi= [HW,SERIAL] |
420 | IO parameters + enable/disable command. | |
421 | ||
422 | digiepca= [HW,SERIAL] | |
423 | See drivers/char/README.epca and | |
424 | Documentation/digiepca.txt. | |
425 | ||
426 | dmascc= [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA | |
427 | support available. | |
428 | Format: <io_dev0>[,<io_dev1>[,..<io_dev32>]] | |
429 | ||
430 | dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers | |
431 | ||
432 | dscc4.setup= [NET] | |
433 | ||
434 | dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI] | |
435 | ||
a9913044 | 436 | earlyprintk= [IA-32,X86-64] |
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437 | earlyprintk=vga |
438 | earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] | |
439 | ||
a9913044 | 440 | Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console |
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441 | takes over. |
442 | ||
443 | Only vga or serial at a time, not both. | |
444 | ||
445 | Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported. | |
446 | ||
447 | Interaction with the standard serial driver is not | |
448 | very good. | |
449 | ||
450 | The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real | |
451 | console. | |
452 | ||
453 | eata= [HW,SCSI] | |
454 | ||
455 | eda= [HW,PS2] | |
456 | ||
457 | edb= [HW,PS2] | |
458 | ||
459 | edd= [EDD] | |
460 | Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"} | |
461 | See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S | |
462 | ||
a9913044 | 463 | eicon= [HW,ISDN] |
1da177e4 LT |
464 | Format: <id>,<membase>,<irq> |
465 | ||
466 | eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] | |
467 | See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. | |
468 | ||
469 | elanfreq= [IA-32] | |
470 | See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in | |
471 | arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. | |
472 | ||
473 | elevator= [IOSCHED] | |
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474 | Format: {"as" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"} |
475 | See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and | |
476 | Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. | |
477 | ||
2030eae5 | 478 | elfcorehdr= [IA-32] |
a9913044 RD |
479 | Specifies physical address of start of kernel core |
480 | image elf header. | |
2030eae5 | 481 | See Documentation/kdump.txt for details. |
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482 | |
483 | enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. | |
484 | Format: {"0" | "1"} | |
485 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
486 | 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials). | |
487 | 1 -- enforcing (deny and log). | |
488 | Default value is 0. | |
489 | Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce. | |
490 | ||
491 | es1370= [HW,OSS] | |
492 | Format: <lineout>[,<micbias>] | |
493 | See also header of sound/oss/es1370.c. | |
494 | ||
495 | es1371= [HW,OSS] | |
496 | Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]] | |
497 | See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c. | |
a9913044 | 498 | |
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499 | ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters |
500 | This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which | |
501 | has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. | |
502 | ||
503 | eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog. | |
504 | Format: <io>[,<irq>] | |
505 | ||
506 | fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI] | |
507 | See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c. | |
508 | ||
509 | fdomain= [HW,SCSI] | |
510 | See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c. | |
511 | ||
512 | floppy= [HW] | |
513 | See Documentation/floppy.txt. | |
514 | ||
515 | ftape= [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options. | |
516 | See Documentation/ftape.txt. | |
517 | ||
518 | gamecon.map[2|3]= | |
519 | [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad | |
520 | support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) | |
521 | Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5> | |
522 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt | |
523 | ||
524 | gamma= [HW,DRM] | |
525 | ||
526 | gdth= [HW,SCSI] | |
527 | See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c. | |
528 | ||
529 | gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but | |
530 | invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. | |
531 | ||
532 | gscd= [HW,CD] | |
533 | Format: <io> | |
534 | ||
535 | gt96100eth= [NET] MIPS GT96100 Advanced Communication Controller | |
536 | ||
537 | gus= [HW,OSS] | |
538 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16> | |
a9913044 | 539 | |
1da177e4 LT |
540 | gvp11= [HW,SCSI] |
541 | ||
542 | hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot | |
543 | are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on | |
544 | for IA-64, off otherwise. | |
a9913044 | 545 | Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) |
1da177e4 LT |
546 | |
547 | hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer | |
548 | ||
549 | hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry | |
550 | Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect> | |
551 | ||
552 | hd?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem | |
553 | hd?lun= See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
554 | ||
555 | highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact | |
556 | size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no | |
557 | highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem | |
558 | size on bigger boxes. | |
559 | ||
560 | hisax= [HW,ISDN] | |
561 | See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax. | |
562 | ||
563 | hugepages= [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages. | |
564 | ||
565 | noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing | |
566 | ||
567 | i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode | |
568 | i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controlled can only read data from | |
569 | keyboard and can not control its state | |
570 | (Don't attempt to blink the leds) | |
571 | i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port | |
945ef0d4 | 572 | i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port |
1da177e4 LT |
573 | i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing |
574 | controller | |
575 | i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX | |
576 | controllers | |
577 | i8042.panicblink= | |
578 | [HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink | |
579 | when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec) | |
580 | i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup | |
581 | i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock | |
582 | ||
583 | i810= [HW,DRM] | |
584 | ||
e70c9d5e DT |
585 | i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data |
586 | indicates that the driver is running on unsupported | |
587 | hardware. | |
1da177e4 LT |
588 | i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature |
589 | does not match list of supported models. | |
590 | i8k.power_status | |
591 | [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k | |
592 | (disabled by default) | |
593 | i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN | |
594 | capability is set. | |
595 | ||
596 | ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter | |
597 | See Documentation/mca.txt. | |
598 | ||
599 | icn= [HW,ISDN] | |
600 | Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]] | |
601 | ||
602 | ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem | |
603 | Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler or ide=reverse | |
604 | See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
605 | ||
606 | ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem | |
607 | Format: ide?=noprobe or chipset specific parameters. | |
608 | See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
a9913044 | 609 | |
1da177e4 LT |
610 | idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed |
611 | See Documentation/ide.txt. | |
612 | ||
613 | idle= [HW] | |
614 | Format: idle=poll or idle=halt | |
a9913044 | 615 | |
1da177e4 LT |
616 | ihash_entries= [KNL] |
617 | Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. | |
618 | ||
619 | in2000= [HW,SCSI] | |
620 | See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c. | |
621 | ||
622 | init= [KNL] | |
623 | Format: <full_path> | |
624 | Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init | |
625 | process. | |
626 | ||
627 | initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful | |
628 | for working out where the kernel is dying during | |
629 | startup. | |
630 | ||
631 | initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk | |
632 | ||
633 | inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver | |
634 | Format: <irq> | |
635 | ||
2bd0fa3b JB |
636 | combined_mode= [HW] control which driver uses IDE ports in combined |
637 | mode: legacy IDE driver, libata, or both | |
638 | (in the libata case, libata.atapi_enabled=1 may be | |
639 | useful as well). Note that using the ide or libata | |
640 | options may affect your device naming (e.g. by | |
641 | changing hdc to sdb). | |
642 | Format: combined (default), ide, or libata | |
643 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
644 | inttest= [IA64] |
645 | ||
646 | io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems | |
647 | See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in | |
648 | arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. | |
649 | ||
650 | ip= [IP_PNP] | |
651 | See Documentation/nfsroot.txt. | |
652 | ||
653 | ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards | |
654 | See comment before ip2_setup() in drivers/char/ip2.c. | |
655 | ||
656 | ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller | |
657 | See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. | |
658 | ||
200803df AC |
659 | irqfixup [HW] |
660 | When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers | |
661 | for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken | |
662 | firmware running. | |
663 | ||
664 | irqpoll [HW] | |
665 | When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers | |
666 | for it. Also check all handlers each timer | |
667 | interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken | |
668 | firmware running. | |
669 | ||
1da177e4 | 670 | isapnp= [ISAPNP] |
a9913044 | 671 | Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> |
1da177e4 LT |
672 | |
673 | isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. | |
674 | Format: <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> | |
675 | This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs | |
676 | to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling | |
677 | algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off | |
678 | an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls. | |
679 | <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is | |
680 | "number of CPUs in system - 1". | |
681 | ||
682 | This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The | |
a9913044 RD |
683 | alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all |
684 | tasks in the system -- can cause problems and | |
685 | suboptimal load balancer performance. | |
1da177e4 LT |
686 | |
687 | isp16= [HW,CD] | |
688 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<setup> | |
689 | ||
a9913044 | 690 | iucv= [HW,NET] |
1da177e4 LT |
691 | |
692 | js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick | |
693 | See Documentation/input/joystick.txt. | |
694 | ||
695 | keepinitrd [HW,ARM] | |
696 | ||
a9913044 | 697 | kstack=N [IA-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack |
1da177e4 LT |
698 | in oops dumps. |
699 | ||
700 | l2cr= [PPC] | |
701 | ||
a9913044 RD |
702 | lapic [IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS |
703 | disabled it. | |
1da177e4 LT |
704 | |
705 | lasi= [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip | |
706 | Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq> | |
707 | ||
a9913044 RD |
708 | llsc*= [IA64] See function print_params() in |
709 | arch/ia64/sn/kernel/llsc4.c. | |
1da177e4 LT |
710 | |
711 | load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy | |
712 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | |
713 | ||
714 | lockd.udpport= [NFS] | |
715 | ||
716 | lockd.tcpport= [NFS] | |
717 | ||
718 | logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver | |
719 | Format: <irq> | |
720 | ||
721 | loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the | |
722 | console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can | |
723 | also be changed with klogd or other programs. The | |
724 | loglevels are defined as follows: | |
725 | ||
726 | 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable | |
727 | 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately | |
728 | 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions | |
729 | 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions | |
730 | 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions | |
731 | 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition | |
732 | 6 (KERN_INFO) informational | |
733 | 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages | |
734 | ||
735 | log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes. | |
a9913044 RD |
736 | Format: { n | nk | nM } |
737 | n must be a power of two. The default size | |
738 | is set in the kernel config file. | |
1da177e4 LT |
739 | |
740 | lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g, | |
741 | lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses | |
742 | lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the | |
743 | lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be | |
744 | specified in addition to the ports) causes | |
745 | attached printers to be reset. Using | |
746 | lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports | |
747 | to associate lp devices with, starting with | |
748 | lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip | |
749 | that lp device, or a parport name such as | |
750 | 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a | |
751 | port specification list means that device IDs | |
752 | from each port should be examined, to see if | |
753 | an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if | |
754 | so, the driver will manage that printer. | |
755 | See also header of drivers/char/lp.c. | |
756 | ||
757 | lpj=n [KNL] | |
758 | Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding | |
759 | time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per | |
760 | CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine | |
761 | the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal | |
762 | autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that | |
763 | on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs, | |
764 | which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need | |
765 | significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value | |
766 | will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to | |
767 | unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although | |
768 | unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your | |
769 | hardware. | |
770 | ||
771 | ltpc= [NET] | |
772 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> | |
773 | ||
a9913044 RD |
774 | mac5380= [HW,SCSI] Format: |
775 | <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> | |
1da177e4 | 776 | |
a9913044 RD |
777 | mac53c9x= [HW,SCSI] Format: |
778 | <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> | |
1da177e4 | 779 | |
a9913044 RD |
780 | machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector |
781 | (machvec) in a generic kernel. | |
782 | Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb | |
1da177e4 | 783 | |
a9913044 RD |
784 | mad16= [HW,OSS] Format: |
785 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>,<joystick> | |
1da177e4 LT |
786 | |
787 | maui= [HW,OSS] | |
788 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
a9913044 RD |
789 | |
790 | max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can | |
1da177e4 LT |
791 | be mounted |
792 | Format: <1-256> | |
793 | ||
794 | maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel | |
795 | should make use of | |
796 | ||
2b2c3750 BP |
797 | max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or |
798 | equal to this physical address is ignored. | |
799 | ||
a9913044 | 800 | max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe. |
1da177e4 LT |
801 | Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. |
802 | ||
803 | max_report_luns= | |
a9913044 | 804 | [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received. |
1da177e4 LT |
805 | Should be between 1 and 16384. |
806 | ||
807 | mca-pentium [BUGS=IA-32] | |
808 | ||
809 | mcatest= [IA-64] | |
810 | ||
811 | mcd= [HW,CD] | |
812 | Format: <port>,<irq>,<mitsumi_bug_93_wait> | |
813 | ||
814 | mcdx= [HW,CD] | |
815 | ||
816 | mce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception | |
817 | ||
818 | md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level | |
819 | See Documentation/md.txt. | |
a9913044 | 820 | |
1da177e4 LT |
821 | mdacon= [MDA] |
822 | Format: <first>,<last> | |
823 | Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA. | |
a9913044 | 824 | |
1da177e4 LT |
825 | mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory |
826 | Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able | |
827 | to see the whole system memory or for test. | |
828 | [IA-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical | |
829 | address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices | |
830 | could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM. | |
831 | ||
832 | mem=nopentium [BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel | |
833 | memory. | |
834 | ||
835 | memmap=exactmap [KNL,IA-32] Enable setting of an exact | |
836 | E820 memory map, as specified by the user. | |
837 | Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on | |
838 | BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss | |
839 | option description. | |
840 | ||
841 | memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] | |
842 | [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory | |
843 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
844 | ||
845 | memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] | |
846 | [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. | |
847 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
848 | ||
849 | memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] | |
850 | [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. | |
851 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
852 | ||
853 | meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters | |
854 | See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt. | |
855 | ||
856 | mga= [HW,DRM] | |
857 | ||
858 | mousedev.tap_time= | |
859 | [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and | |
860 | leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered | |
861 | a tap and be reported as a left button click (for | |
862 | touchpads working in absolute mode only). | |
863 | Format: <msecs> | |
864 | mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices | |
865 | reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets | |
866 | mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices | |
867 | reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets | |
868 | ||
869 | mpu401= [HW,OSS] | |
870 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
871 | ||
872 | MTD_Partition= [MTD] | |
873 | Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> | |
874 | ||
a9913044 RD |
875 | MTD_Region= [MTD] Format: |
876 | <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>] | |
1da177e4 LT |
877 | |
878 | mtdparts= [MTD] | |
879 | See drivers/mtd/cmdline.c. | |
880 | ||
881 | mtouchusb.raw_coordinates= | |
a9913044 RD |
882 | [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates |
883 | ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n') | |
1da177e4 LT |
884 | |
885 | n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card | |
886 | ||
887 | NCR_D700= [HW,SCSI] | |
888 | See header of drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c. | |
889 | ||
890 | ncr5380= [HW,SCSI] | |
891 | ||
892 | ncr53c400= [HW,SCSI] | |
893 | ||
894 | ncr53c400a= [HW,SCSI] | |
895 | ||
896 | ncr53c406a= [HW,SCSI] | |
897 | ||
898 | ncr53c8xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
899 | ||
900 | netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters | |
901 | Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name> | |
902 | Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean | |
903 | something different and driver-specific. | |
a9913044 RD |
904 | This usage is only documented in each driver source |
905 | file if at all. | |
906 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
907 | nfsaddrs= [NFS] |
908 | See Documentation/nfsroot.txt. | |
909 | ||
910 | nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes. | |
911 | See Documentation/nfsroot.txt. | |
912 | ||
a72b4422 TM |
913 | nfs.callback_tcpport= |
914 | [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback | |
915 | channel should listen. | |
916 | ||
58df095b TM |
917 | nfs.idmap_cache_timeout= |
918 | [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache | |
919 | entries. | |
920 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
921 | nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=IA-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels |
922 | ||
923 | no387 [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths | |
924 | emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor | |
925 | is present. | |
926 | ||
a9913044 RD |
927 | noalign [KNL,ARM] |
928 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
929 | noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any |
930 | IOAPICs that may be present in the system. | |
931 | ||
932 | noasync [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for | |
933 | all devices. | |
934 | ||
935 | nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem | |
936 | on "Classic" PPC cores. | |
937 | ||
938 | nocache [ARM] | |
a9913044 | 939 | |
1da177e4 LT |
940 | nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects. |
941 | ||
942 | noexec [IA-64] | |
943 | ||
a9913044 | 944 | noexec [IA-32,X86-64] |
1da177e4 LT |
945 | noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) |
946 | noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings | |
947 | ||
948 | nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] | |
949 | ||
950 | nohlt [BUGS=ARM] | |
a9913044 | 951 | |
1da177e4 LT |
952 | no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt |
953 | instruction doesn't work correctly and not to | |
954 | use it. | |
955 | ||
956 | nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving | |
957 | function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases | |
958 | power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces | |
959 | interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance | |
960 | in certain environments such as networked servers or | |
961 | real-time systems. | |
962 | ||
963 | noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and | |
964 | disable unhandled interrupt sources. | |
965 | ||
966 | noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. | |
967 | ||
968 | noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured | |
969 | initial RAM disk. | |
970 | ||
971 | nointroute [IA-64] | |
972 | ||
973 | nolapic [IA-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. | |
974 | ||
975 | noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel | |
976 | lowmem mapping on PPC40x. | |
977 | ||
978 | nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception | |
979 | ||
980 | noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. | |
981 | ||
a9913044 RD |
982 | noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap |
983 | space. | |
984 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
985 | no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback. |
986 | This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille | |
987 | reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany). | |
988 | ||
989 | nosbagart [IA-64] | |
990 | ||
991 | nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel. | |
992 | ||
993 | nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. | |
994 | ||
995 | notsc [BUGS=IA-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter | |
996 | ||
997 | nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem | |
998 | ||
999 | nowb [ARM] | |
a9913044 | 1000 | |
a61c2d78 DJ |
1001 | nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. |
1002 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1003 | opl3= [HW,OSS] |
1004 | Format: <io> | |
1005 | ||
1006 | opl3sa= [HW,OSS] | |
1007 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
1008 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1009 | opl3sa2= [HW,OSS] Format: |
1010 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple] | |
1011 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1012 | oprofile.timer= [HW] |
1013 | Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters | |
1014 | ||
1015 | optcd= [HW,CD] | |
1016 | Format: <io> | |
1017 | ||
1018 | osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver | |
1019 | Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold> | |
1020 | See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt. | |
1021 | ||
1022 | panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic | |
1023 | Format: <timeout> | |
1024 | ||
1025 | parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is | |
1026 | connected to, default is 0. | |
1027 | Format: <parport#> | |
1028 | parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation, | |
1029 | 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT). | |
a9913044 RD |
1030 | Format: <mode> |
1031 | ||
1032 | parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables. | |
1033 | Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] } | |
1034 | Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any | |
1035 | IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to | |
1036 | ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of | |
1037 | possible conflicts). You can specify the base | |
1038 | address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA | |
1039 | should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected | |
1040 | settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo' | |
1041 | (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected). | |
1042 | Parallel ports are assigned in the order they | |
1043 | are specified on the command line, starting | |
1044 | with parport0. | |
1045 | ||
1046 | parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT] | |
1047 | Configure VIA parallel port to operate in | |
1048 | a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos | |
1049 | computer where firmware has no options for setting | |
1050 | up parallel port mode and sets it to spp. | |
1051 | Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1052 | Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp] |
1053 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1054 | pas2= [HW,OSS] Format: |
1055 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16> | |
1056 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1057 | pas16= [HW,SCSI] |
1058 | See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. | |
1059 | ||
1060 | pcbit= [HW,ISDN] | |
1061 | ||
1062 | pcd. [PARIDE] | |
1063 | See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c. | |
1064 | See also Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1065 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1066 | pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options: |
1067 | off [IA-32] don't probe for the PCI bus | |
1068 | bios [IA-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access | |
1069 | the hardware directly. Use this if your machine | |
1070 | has a non-standard PCI host bridge. | |
1071 | nobios [IA-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct | |
1072 | hardware access methods are allowed. Use this | |
1073 | if you experience crashes upon bootup and you | |
1074 | suspect they are caused by the BIOS. | |
1075 | conf1 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration | |
1076 | Mechanism 1. | |
1077 | conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration | |
1078 | Mechanism 2. | |
1079 | nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to | |
1080 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is | |
1081 | done to get a device order compatible with | |
1082 | older kernels. | |
1083 | biosirq [IA-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt | |
1084 | routing table. These calls are known to be buggy | |
1085 | on several machines and they hang the machine | |
1086 | when used, but on other computers it's the only | |
1087 | way to get the interrupt routing table. Try | |
1088 | this option if the kernel is unable to allocate | |
1089 | IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your | |
1090 | motherboard. | |
1091 | rom [IA-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs. | |
1092 | Use with caution as certain devices share | |
1093 | address decoders between ROMs and other | |
1094 | resources. | |
1095 | irqmask=0xMMMM [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be | |
1096 | assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can | |
1097 | make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards | |
1098 | this way. | |
120bb424 | 1099 | pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [IA-32] Specify the physical address |
a9913044 RD |
1100 | of the PIRQ table (normally generated |
1101 | by the BIOS) if it is outside the | |
1102 | F0000h-100000h range. | |
1103 | lastbus=N [IA-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be | |
1104 | useful if the kernel is unable to find your | |
1105 | secondary buses and you want to tell it | |
1106 | explicitly which ones they are. | |
1107 | assign-busses [IA-32] Always assign all PCI bus | |
1108 | numbers ourselves, overriding | |
1109 | whatever the firmware may have done. | |
1110 | usepirqmask [IA-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored | |
1111 | in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on | |
1112 | some systems with broken BIOSes, notably | |
1113 | some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3 | |
1114 | notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI | |
1115 | IRQ routing is enabled. | |
1116 | noacpi [IA-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing | |
1117 | or for PCI scanning. | |
1118 | routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. | |
1119 | This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), | |
1120 | so this option is a temporary workaround | |
1121 | for broken drivers that don't call it. | |
1122 | firmware [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead | |
1123 | just use the configuration from the | |
1124 | bootloader. This is currently used on | |
1125 | IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be | |
1126 | configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1127 | |
1128 | pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 | |
1129 | ||
1130 | pd. [PARIDE] | |
1131 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1132 | ||
1133 | pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at | |
1134 | boot time. | |
1135 | Format: { 0 | 1 } | |
1136 | See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c | |
1137 | ||
1138 | pf. [PARIDE] | |
1139 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1140 | ||
1141 | pg. [PARIDE] | |
1142 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1143 | ||
1144 | pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup | |
1145 | See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt. | |
1146 | ||
1147 | plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link | |
1148 | Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } | |
1149 | See also Documentation/parport.txt. | |
1150 | ||
1151 | pnpacpi= [ACPI] | |
1152 | { off } | |
1153 | ||
1154 | pnpbios= [ISAPNP] | |
1155 | { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res } | |
1156 | ||
1157 | pnp_reserve_irq= | |
1158 | [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration | |
1159 | ||
1160 | pnp_reserve_dma= | |
1161 | [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration | |
1162 | ||
1163 | pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration | |
a9913044 | 1164 | Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size). |
1da177e4 LT |
1165 | |
1166 | pnp_reserve_mem= | |
a9913044 RD |
1167 | [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the |
1168 | autoconfiguration. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1169 | Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). |
1170 | ||
1171 | profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile | |
a9913044 RD |
1172 | Format: [schedule,]<number> |
1173 | Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. | |
1174 | Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for | |
1175 | statistical time based profiling. | |
1da177e4 | 1176 | |
a9913044 | 1177 | processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] |
1da177e4 LT |
1178 | Limit processor to maximum C-state |
1179 | max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit. | |
1180 | ||
41c0d868 LB |
1181 | processor.nocst [HW,ACPI] |
1182 | Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states, | |
1183 | instead using the legacy FADT method | |
1184 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1185 | prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk |
1186 | before loading. | |
1187 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | |
1188 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1189 | psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to |
1190 | probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). | |
1da177e4 LT |
1191 | psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports |
1192 | per second. | |
a9913044 RD |
1193 | psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE] |
1194 | Try to reset the device after so many bad packets | |
1da177e4 LT |
1195 | (0 = never). |
1196 | psmouse.resolution= | |
1197 | [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi. | |
1198 | psmouse.smartscroll= | |
a9913044 | 1199 | [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. |
1da177e4 LT |
1200 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). |
1201 | ||
1202 | pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614) | |
a9913044 RD |
1203 | Format: |
1204 | <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
1da177e4 LT |
1205 | |
1206 | pt. [PARIDE] | |
1207 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | |
1208 | ||
1209 | quiet= [KNL] Disable log messages | |
a9913044 | 1210 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1211 | r128= [HW,DRM] |
1212 | ||
1213 | raid= [HW,RAID] | |
1214 | See Documentation/md.txt. | |
1215 | ||
1216 | ramdisk= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated] | |
1217 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | |
1218 | ||
a9913044 | 1219 | ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] |
1da177e4 | 1220 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. |
a9913044 | 1221 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1222 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes |
1223 | New name for the ramdisk parameter. | |
1224 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | |
1225 | ||
ffdfc409 OJ |
1226 | rdinit= [KNL] |
1227 | Format: <full_path> | |
1228 | Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, | |
1229 | used for early userspace startup. See initrd. | |
1230 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1231 | reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode |
1232 | Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]] | |
1233 | See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c. | |
1234 | ||
1235 | reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area | |
1236 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1237 | resume= [SWSUSP] |
1238 | Specify the partition device for software suspend | |
1da177e4 LT |
1239 | |
1240 | rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] | |
1241 | Set number of hash buckets for route cache | |
1242 | ||
1243 | riscom8= [HW,SERIAL] | |
1244 | Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]] | |
1245 | ||
1246 | ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot | |
1247 | ||
1248 | root= [KNL] Root filesystem | |
1249 | ||
1250 | rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to | |
1251 | mount the root filesystem | |
1252 | ||
1253 | rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string | |
1254 | ||
1255 | rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type | |
1256 | ||
1257 | rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot | |
1258 | ||
1259 | S [KNL] Run init in single mode | |
1260 | ||
1261 | sa1100ir [NET] | |
1262 | See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c. | |
1263 | ||
1264 | sb= [HW,OSS] | |
1265 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> | |
1266 | ||
1267 | sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter | |
a9913044 | 1268 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1269 | sbpcd= [HW,CD] Soundblaster CD adapter |
1270 | Format: <io>,<type> | |
1271 | See a comment before function sbpcd_setup() in | |
1272 | drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c. | |
1273 | ||
1274 | sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver | |
1275 | Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]] | |
1276 | ||
1277 | scsi_debug_*= [SCSI] | |
1278 | See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c. | |
1279 | ||
1280 | scsi_default_dev_flags= | |
1281 | [SCSI] SCSI default device flags | |
1282 | Format: <integer> | |
1283 | ||
1284 | scsi_dev_flags= [SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model | |
1285 | Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags> | |
1286 | (flags are integer value) | |
1287 | ||
1288 | scsi_logging= [SCSI] | |
1289 | ||
1290 | selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. | |
1291 | Format: { "0" | "1" } | |
1292 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
1293 | 0 -- disable. | |
1294 | 1 -- enable. | |
1295 | Default value is set via kernel config option. | |
1296 | If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used | |
1297 | later to disable prior to initial policy load. | |
1298 | ||
1299 | serialnumber [BUGS=IA-32] | |
1300 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1301 | sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI] |
1302 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1303 | sgalaxy= [HW,OSS] |
1304 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sgbase> | |
1305 | ||
1306 | shapers= [NET] | |
1307 | Maximal number of shapers. | |
a9913044 | 1308 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1309 | sim710= [SCSI,HW] |
1310 | See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c. | |
1311 | ||
1312 | simeth= [IA-64] | |
1313 | simscsi= | |
a9913044 | 1314 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1315 | sjcd= [HW,CD] |
1316 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> | |
1317 | See header of drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c. | |
1318 | ||
1319 | slram= [HW,MTD] | |
1320 | ||
1321 | smart2= [HW] | |
1322 | Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] | |
1323 | ||
1324 | snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] | |
1325 | ||
1326 | snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] | |
1327 | ||
1328 | snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA] | |
1329 | ||
1330 | snd-als100= [HW,ALSA] | |
1331 | ||
1332 | snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA] | |
1333 | ||
1334 | snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA] | |
1335 | ||
1336 | snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA] | |
1337 | ||
1338 | snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA] | |
1339 | ||
1340 | snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] | |
1341 | ||
1342 | snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA] | |
1343 | ||
1344 | snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA] | |
1345 | ||
1346 | snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA] | |
1347 | ||
1348 | snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
1349 | ||
1350 | snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA] | |
1351 | ||
1352 | snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA] | |
1353 | ||
1354 | snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA] | |
1355 | ||
1356 | snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA] | |
1357 | ||
1358 | snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA] | |
1359 | ||
1360 | snd-es968= [HW,ALSA] | |
1361 | ||
1362 | snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA] | |
1363 | ||
1364 | snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
1365 | ||
1366 | snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA] | |
1367 | ||
1368 | snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA] | |
1369 | ||
1370 | snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA] | |
1371 | ||
1372 | snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA] | |
1373 | ||
1374 | snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA] | |
1375 | ||
1376 | snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA] | |
1377 | ||
1378 | snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA] | |
1379 | ||
1380 | snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA] | |
1381 | ||
1382 | snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA] | |
1383 | ||
1384 | snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA] | |
1385 | ||
1386 | snd-interwave-stb= | |
1387 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1388 | ||
1389 | snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA] | |
1390 | ||
1391 | snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA] | |
1392 | ||
1393 | snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA] | |
1394 | ||
1395 | snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA] | |
1396 | ||
1397 | snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA] | |
1398 | ||
1399 | snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA] | |
1400 | ||
1401 | snd-opti92x-ad1848= | |
1402 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1403 | ||
1404 | snd-opti92x-cs4231= | |
1405 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1406 | ||
1407 | snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA] | |
1408 | ||
1409 | snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA] | |
1410 | ||
1411 | snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA] | |
1412 | ||
1413 | snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA] | |
1414 | ||
1415 | snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA] | |
1416 | ||
1417 | snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA] | |
1418 | ||
1419 | snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA] | |
1420 | ||
1421 | snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA] | |
1422 | ||
1423 | snd-serial= [HW,ALSA] | |
1424 | ||
1425 | snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA] | |
1426 | ||
1427 | snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA] | |
1428 | ||
1429 | snd-sun-amd7930= | |
1430 | [HW,ALSA] | |
1431 | ||
1432 | snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] | |
1433 | ||
1434 | snd-trident= [HW,ALSA] | |
1435 | ||
1436 | snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB] | |
1437 | ||
1438 | snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
1439 | ||
1440 | snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA] | |
1441 | ||
1442 | snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA] | |
1443 | ||
1444 | snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA] | |
a9913044 | 1445 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1446 | sonicvibes= [HW,OSS] |
1447 | Format: <reverb> | |
a9913044 | 1448 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1449 | sonycd535= [HW,CD] |
1450 | Format: <io>[,<irq>] | |
1451 | ||
1452 | sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver | |
1453 | See Documentation/sonypi.txt | |
1454 | ||
1455 | specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter | |
1456 | See Documentation/specialix.txt. | |
1457 | ||
1458 | spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] | |
1459 | spia_fio_base= | |
1460 | spia_pedr= | |
1461 | spia_peddr= | |
1462 | ||
1463 | sscape= [HW,OSS] | |
1464 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
a9913044 | 1465 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1466 | st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) |
1467 | See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. | |
1468 | ||
1469 | st0x= [HW,SCSI] | |
1470 | See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c. | |
1471 | ||
1472 | sti= [PARISC,HW] | |
1473 | Format: <num> | |
1474 | Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC | |
1475 | machines) console (graphic card) which should be used | |
1476 | as the initial boot-console. | |
1477 | See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. | |
1478 | ||
1479 | sti_font= [HW] | |
1480 | See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. | |
1481 | ||
1482 | stifb= [HW] | |
1483 | Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]] | |
1484 | ||
1da177e4 | 1485 | swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs |
a9913044 | 1486 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1487 | switches= [HW,M68k] |
1488 | ||
1489 | sym53c416= [HW,SCSI] | |
1490 | See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c. | |
1491 | ||
1492 | t128= [HW,SCSI] | |
1493 | See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c. | |
1494 | ||
1495 | tdfx= [HW,DRM] | |
1496 | ||
1497 | thash_entries= [KNL,NET] | |
1498 | Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection | |
1499 | ||
1500 | time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line | |
1501 | ||
1502 | tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] | |
1503 | Set communications timeout in tenths of a second | |
1504 | (default 15). | |
1505 | ||
1506 | tipar.delay= [HW,PPT] | |
1507 | Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10). | |
1508 | ||
1509 | tmc8xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
1510 | See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c. | |
1511 | ||
1512 | tmscsim= [HW,SCSI] | |
1513 | See comment before function dc390_setup() in | |
1514 | drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. | |
1515 | ||
1516 | tp720= [HW,PS2] | |
1517 | ||
1518 | trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro | |
a9913044 RD |
1519 | Format: |
1520 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
1521 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1522 | tsdev.xres= [TS] Horizontal screen resolution. |
1523 | tsdev.yres= [TS] Vertical screen resolution. | |
1524 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1525 | turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] |
1526 | TurboGraFX parallel port interface | |
1527 | Format: | |
1528 | <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7> | |
1da177e4 LT |
1529 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt |
1530 | ||
1531 | u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter | |
1532 | See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c. | |
1533 | ||
1534 | uart401= [HW,OSS] | |
1535 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
1536 | ||
1537 | uart6850= [HW,OSS] | |
1538 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
1539 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1540 | usbhid.mousepoll= |
1541 | [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. | |
a9913044 | 1542 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1543 | video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration |
1544 | See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. | |
1545 | ||
1546 | vga= [BOOT,IA-32] Select a particular video mode | |
a9913044 RD |
1547 | See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and |
1548 | Documentation/svga.txt. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1549 | Use vga=ask for menu. |
1550 | This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is | |
1551 | passed to the kernel using a special protocol. | |
1552 | ||
a9913044 | 1553 | vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact |
1da177e4 LT |
1554 | size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the |
1555 | minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to | |
1556 | decrease the size and leave more room for directly | |
1557 | mapped kernel RAM. | |
1558 | ||
1559 | vmhalt= [KNL,S390] | |
1560 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1561 | vmpoff= [KNL,S390] |
1562 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1563 | waveartist= [HW,OSS] |
1564 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> | |
a9913044 | 1565 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1566 | wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] |
1567 | See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. | |
1568 | ||
1569 | wd7000= [HW,SCSI] | |
1570 | See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c. | |
1571 | ||
1572 | wdt= [WDT] Watchdog | |
1573 | See Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt. | |
1574 | ||
1575 | xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks. | |
1576 | xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c. | |
1577 | ||
1578 | xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] | |
a9913044 RD |
1579 | Format: |
1580 | <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] | |
1da177e4 LT |
1581 | |
1582 | ||
a9913044 | 1583 | ______________________________________________________________________ |
1da177e4 LT |
1584 | Changelog: |
1585 | ||
a9913044 | 1586 | 2000-06-?? Mr. Unknown |
1da177e4 | 1587 | The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before. |
1da177e4 | 1588 | |
a9913044 RD |
1589 | 2002-11-24 Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> |
1590 | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@verizon.net> | |
1da177e4 LT |
1591 | Update for 2.5.49, description for most of the options introduced, |
1592 | references to other documentation (C files, READMEs, ..), added S390, | |
1593 | PPC, SPARC, MTD, ALSA and OSS category. Minor corrections and | |
1594 | reformatting. | |
a9913044 RD |
1595 | |
1596 | 2005-10-19 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> | |
1597 | Lots of typos, whitespace, some reformatting. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1598 | |
1599 | TODO: | |
1600 | ||
1601 | Add documentation for ALSA options. | |
1602 | Add more DRM drivers. |