Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

   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
  20 The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the
  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.
  30         DEVFS   devfs support is enabled.
  31         DRM     Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
  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.
  40         IP_PNP  IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
  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.
  74         SWSUSP  Software suspend is enabled.
  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
 108         acpi=           [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
 109                         Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
 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
 114                         strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
 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
 122
 123         acpi_sci=       [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
 124                         Format: { level | edge | high | low }
 125
 126         acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
 127                         ACPI will balance active IRQs
 128                         default in APIC mode
 129
 130         acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
 131                         ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
 132                         default in PIC mode
 133
 134         acpi_irq_pci=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
 135                         use by PCI
 136                         Format: <irq>,<irq>...
 137
 138         acpi_irq_isa=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
 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>
 151                         Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer,
 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>
 158                         Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level,
 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
 165         acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI]
 166                         Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to
 167                         override platform specific driver.
 168                         See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt.
 169
 170         enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
 171                         Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
 172                         Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
 173                         (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
 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
 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>
 189
 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.
 199
 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
 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
 222         apc=            [HW,SPARC]
 223                         Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
 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
 229         apic=           [APIC,i386] Change the output verbosity whilst booting
 230                         Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
 231                         Change the amount of debugging information output
 232                         when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
 233
 234         apm=            [APM] Advanced Power Management
 235                         See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c.
 236
 237         applicom=       [HW]
 238                         Format: <mem>,<irq>
 239
 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
 254         atkbd.set=      [HW] Select keyboard code set
 255                         Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
 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))
 262
 263         atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
 264                         Use software keyboard repeat
 265
 266         autotest        [IA64]
 267
 268         awe=            [HW,OSS] AWE32/SB32/AWE64 wave table synth
 269                         Format: <io>,<memsize>,<isapnp>
 270
 271         aztcd=          [HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver
 272                         Format: <io>,0x79 (?)
 273
 274         baycom_epp=     [HW,AX25]
 275                         Format: <io>,<mode>
 276
 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
 281         baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25]
 282                         BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
 283                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
 284                         See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
 285
 286         baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25]
 287                         BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
 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)
 298         bttv.radio=     Most important insmod options are available as
 299                         kernel args too.
 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.
 325                         0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
 326                                 any implied execute protection).
 327                         1 -- check protection requested by application.
 328                         Default value is set via a kernel config option.
 329                         Value can be changed at runtime via
 330                                 /selinux/checkreqprot.
 331
 332         clock=          [BUGS=IA-32,HW] gettimeofday timesource override.
 333                         Forces specified timesource (if avaliable) to be used
 334                         when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified
 335                         timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
 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
 345                         Format:
 346                         <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
 347
 348         com90io=        [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
 349                         Format: <io>[,<irq>]
 350
 351         com90xx=        [HW,NET]
 352                         ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
 353                         Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
 354
 355         condev=         [HW,S390] console device
 356         conmode=
 357
 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
 378                         Format:
 379                         <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
 380
 381         cpia_pp=        [HW,PPT]
 382                         Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none }
 383
 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
 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 }
 396
 397         cyclades=       [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter.
 398
 399         dasd=           [HW,NET]
 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.
 418
 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
 436         earlyprintk=    [IA-32,X86-64]
 437                         earlyprintk=vga
 438                         earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
 439
 440                         Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
 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
 463         eicon=          [HW,ISDN]
 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]
 474                         Format: {"as" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
 475                         See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
 476                         Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
 477
 478         elfcorehdr=     [IA-32]
 479                         Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
 480                         image elf header.
 481                         See Documentation/kdump.txt for details.
 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.
 498
 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>
 539
 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.
 545                         Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 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
 572         i8042.nokbd     [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
 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
 585         i8k.ignore_dmi  [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
 586                         indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
 587                         hardware.
 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.
 609
 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
 615
 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
 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
 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
 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
 670         isapnp=         [ISAPNP]
 671                         Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 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
 683                         alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all
 684                         tasks in the system -- can cause problems and
 685                         suboptimal load balancer performance.
 686
 687         isp16=          [HW,CD]
 688                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<setup>
 689
 690         iucv=           [HW,NET]
 691
 692         js=             [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
 693                         See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
 694
 695         keepinitrd      [HW,ARM]
 696
 697         kstack=N        [IA-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
 698                         in oops dumps.
 699
 700         l2cr=           [PPC]
 701
 702         lapic           [IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
 703                         disabled it.
 704
 705         lasi=           [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip
 706                         Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq>
 707
 708         llsc*=          [IA64] See function print_params() in
 709                         arch/ia64/sn/kernel/llsc4.c.
 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.
 736                         Format: { n | nk | nM }
 737                         n must be a power of two.  The default size
 738                         is set in the kernel config file.
 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
 774         mac5380=        [HW,SCSI] Format:
 775                         <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
 776
 777         mac53c9x=       [HW,SCSI] Format:
 778                         <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
 779
 780         machvec=        [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
 781                         (machvec) in a generic kernel.
 782                         Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
 783
 784         mad16=          [HW,OSS] Format:
 785                         <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>,<joystick>
 786
 787         maui=           [HW,OSS]
 788                         Format: <io>,<irq>
 789
 790         max_loop=       [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
 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
 797         max_addr=[KMG]  [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or
 798                         equal to this physical address is ignored.
 799
 800         max_luns=       [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe.
 801                         Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
 802
 803         max_report_luns=
 804                         [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received.
 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.
 820
 821         mdacon=         [MDA]
 822                         Format: <first>,<last>
 823                         Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
 824
 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
 875         MTD_Region=     [MTD] Format:
 876                         <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
 877
 878         mtdparts=       [MTD]
 879                         See drivers/mtd/cmdline.c.
 880
 881         mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
 882                         [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
 883                         ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
 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.
 904                         This usage is only documented in each driver source
 905                         file if at all.
 906
 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
 913         nfs.callback_tcpport=
 914                         [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
 915                         channel should listen.
 916
 917         nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
 918                         [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
 919                         entries.
 920
 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
 927         noalign         [KNL,ARM]
 928
 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]
 939
 940         nodisconnect    [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
 941
 942         noexec          [IA-64]
 943
 944         noexec          [IA-32,X86-64]
 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]
 951
 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
 982         noresume        [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
 983                         space.
 984
 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]
1000
1001         opl3=           [HW,OSS]
1002                         Format: <io>
1003
1004         opl3sa=         [HW,OSS]
1005                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
1006
1007         opl3sa2=        [HW,OSS] Format:
1008                         <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple]
1009
1010         oprofile.timer= [HW]
1011                         Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
1012
1013         optcd=          [HW,CD]
1014                         Format: <io>
1015
1016         osst=           [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
1017                         Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
1018                         See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
1019
1020         panic=          [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic
1021                         Format: <timeout>
1022
1023         parkbd.port=    [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
1024                         connected to, default is 0.
1025                         Format: <parport#>
1026         parkbd.mode=    [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
1027                         0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
1028                         Format: <mode>
1029
1030         parport=        [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
1031                         Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
1032                         Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
1033                         IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
1034                         ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
1035                         possible conflicts). You can specify the base
1036                         address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
1037                         should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
1038                         settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
1039                         (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
1040                         Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
1041                         are specified on the command line, starting
1042                         with parport0.
1043
1044         parport_init_mode=      [HW,PPT]
1045                         Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
1046                         a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
1047                         computer where firmware has no options for setting
1048                         up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
1049                         Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
1050                         Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
1051
1052         pas2=           [HW,OSS] Format:
1053                         <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>
1054
1055         pas16=          [HW,SCSI]
1056                         See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.
1057
1058         pcbit=          [HW,ISDN]
1059
1060         pcd.            [PARIDE]
1061                         See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
1062                         See also Documentation/paride.txt.
1063
1064         pci=option[,option...]  [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
1065                 off             [IA-32] don't probe for the PCI bus
1066                 bios            [IA-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
1067                                 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
1068                                 has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
1069                 nobios          [IA-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
1070                                 hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
1071                                 if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
1072                                 suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
1073                 conf1           [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
1074                                 Mechanism 1.
1075                 conf2           [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
1076                                 Mechanism 2.
1077                 nosort          [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
1078                                 order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is
1079                                 done to get a device order compatible with
1080                                 older kernels.
1081                 biosirq         [IA-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
1082                                 routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
1083                                 on several machines and they hang the machine
1084                                 when used, but on other computers it's the only
1085                                 way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
1086                                 this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
1087                                 IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
1088                                 motherboard.
1089                 rom             [IA-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
1090                                 Use with caution as certain devices share
1091                                 address decoders between ROMs and other
1092                                 resources.
1093                 irqmask=0xMMMM  [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
1094                                 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
1095                                 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
1096                                 this way.
1097                 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA        [IA-32] Specify the physical address
1098                                 of the PIRQ table (normally generated
1099                                 by the BIOS) if it is outside the
1100                                 F0000h-100000h range.
1101                 lastbus=N       [IA-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
1102                                 useful if the kernel is unable to find your
1103                                 secondary buses and you want to tell it
1104                                 explicitly which ones they are.
1105                 assign-busses   [IA-32] Always assign all PCI bus
1106                                 numbers ourselves, overriding
1107                                 whatever the firmware may have done.
1108                 usepirqmask     [IA-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
1109                                 in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
1110                                 some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
1111                                 some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
1112                                 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
1113                                 IRQ routing is enabled.
1114                 noacpi          [IA-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
1115                                 or for PCI scanning.
1116                 routeirq        Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
1117                                 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
1118                                 so this option is a temporary workaround
1119                                 for broken drivers that don't call it.
1120                 firmware        [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead
1121                                 just use the configuration from the
1122                                 bootloader. This is currently used on
1123                                 IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
1124                                 configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
1125
1126         pcmv=           [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
1127
1128         pd.             [PARIDE]
1129                         See Documentation/paride.txt.
1130
1131         pdcchassis=     [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
1132                         boot time.
1133                         Format: { 0 | 1 }
1134                         See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
1135
1136         pf.             [PARIDE]
1137                         See Documentation/paride.txt.
1138
1139         pg.             [PARIDE]
1140                         See Documentation/paride.txt.
1141
1142         pirq=           [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
1143                         See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
1144
1145         plip=           [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
1146                         Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
1147                         See also Documentation/parport.txt.
1148
1149         pnpacpi=        [ACPI]
1150                         { off }
1151
1152         pnpbios=        [ISAPNP]
1153                         { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
1154
1155         pnp_reserve_irq=
1156                         [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
1157
1158         pnp_reserve_dma=
1159                         [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
1160
1161         pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
1162                         Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
1163
1164         pnp_reserve_mem=
1165                         [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
1166                         autoconfiguration.
1167                         Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
1168
1169         profile=        [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
1170                         Format: [schedule,]<number>
1171                         Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
1172                         Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
1173                                 statistical time based profiling.
1174
1175         processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
1176                         Limit processor to maximum C-state
1177                         max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
1178
1179         prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
1180                         before loading.
1181                         See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
1182
1183         psmouse.proto=  [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
1184                         probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
1185         psmouse.rate=   [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
1186                         per second.
1187         psmouse.resetafter=     [HW,MOUSE]
1188                         Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
1189                         (0 = never).
1190         psmouse.resolution=
1191                         [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
1192         psmouse.smartscroll=
1193                         [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
1194                         0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
1195
1196         pss=            [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
1197                         Format:
1198                         <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
1199
1200         pt.             [PARIDE]
1201                         See Documentation/paride.txt.
1202
1203         quiet=          [KNL] Disable log messages
1204
1205         r128=           [HW,DRM]
1206
1207         raid=           [HW,RAID]
1208                         See Documentation/md.txt.
1209
1210         ramdisk=        [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated]
1211                         See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
1212
1213         ramdisk_blocksize=      [RAM]
1214                         See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
1215
1216         ramdisk_size=   [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
1217                         New name for the ramdisk parameter.
1218                         See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
1219
1220         rdinit=         [KNL]
1221                         Format: <full_path>
1222                         Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
1223                         used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
1224
1225         reboot=         [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
1226                         Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
1227                         See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c.
1228
1229         reserve=        [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
1230
1231         resume=         [SWSUSP]
1232                         Specify the partition device for software suspend
1233
1234         rhash_entries=  [KNL,NET]
1235                         Set number of hash buckets for route cache
1236
1237         riscom8=        [HW,SERIAL]
1238                         Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]]
1239
1240         ro              [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
1241
1242         root=           [KNL] Root filesystem
1243
1244         rootdelay=      [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
1245                         mount the root filesystem
1246
1247         rootflags=      [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
1248
1249         rootfstype=     [KNL] Set root filesystem type
1250
1251         rw              [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
1252
1253         S               [KNL] Run init in single mode
1254
1255         sa1100ir        [NET]
1256                         See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
1257
1258         sb=             [HW,OSS]
1259                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
1260
1261         sbni=           [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
1262
1263         sbpcd=          [HW,CD] Soundblaster CD adapter
1264                         Format: <io>,<type>
1265                         See a comment before function sbpcd_setup() in
1266                         drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c.
1267
1268         sc1200wdt=      [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
1269                         Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]
1270
1271         scsi_debug_*=   [SCSI]
1272                         See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c.
1273
1274         scsi_default_dev_flags=
1275                         [SCSI] SCSI default device flags
1276                         Format: <integer>
1277
1278         scsi_dev_flags= [SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model
1279                         Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags>
1280                         (flags are integer value)
1281
1282         scsi_logging=   [SCSI]
1283
1284         selinux         [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
1285                         Format: { "0" | "1" }
1286                         See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1287                         0 -- disable.
1288                         1 -- enable.
1289                         Default value is set via kernel config option.
1290                         If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
1291                         later to disable prior to initial policy load.
1292
1293         serialnumber    [BUGS=IA-32]
1294
1295         sg_def_reserved_size=   [SCSI]
1296
1297         sgalaxy=        [HW,OSS]
1298                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sgbase>
1299
1300         shapers=        [NET]
1301                         Maximal number of shapers.
1302
1303         sim710=         [SCSI,HW]
1304                         See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c.
1305
1306         simeth=         [IA-64]
1307         simscsi=
1308
1309         sjcd=           [HW,CD]
1310                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
1311                         See header of drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c.
1312
1313         slram=          [HW,MTD]
1314
1315         smart2=         [HW]
1316                         Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
1317
1318         snd-ad1816a=    [HW,ALSA]
1319
1320         snd-ad1848=     [HW,ALSA]
1321
1322         snd-ali5451=    [HW,ALSA]
1323
1324         snd-als100=     [HW,ALSA]
1325
1326         snd-als4000=    [HW,ALSA]
1327
1328         snd-azt2320=    [HW,ALSA]
1329
1330         snd-cmi8330=    [HW,ALSA]
1331
1332         snd-cmipci=     [HW,ALSA]
1333
1334         snd-cs4231=     [HW,ALSA]
1335
1336         snd-cs4232=     [HW,ALSA]
1337
1338         snd-cs4236=     [HW,ALSA]
1339
1340         snd-cs4281=     [HW,ALSA]
1341
1342         snd-cs46xx=     [HW,ALSA]
1343
1344         snd-dt019x=     [HW,ALSA]
1345
1346         snd-dummy=      [HW,ALSA]
1347
1348         snd-emu10k1=    [HW,ALSA]
1349
1350         snd-ens1370=    [HW,ALSA]
1351
1352         snd-ens1371=    [HW,ALSA]
1353
1354         snd-es968=      [HW,ALSA]
1355
1356         snd-es1688=     [HW,ALSA]
1357
1358         snd-es18xx=     [HW,ALSA]
1359
1360         snd-es1938=     [HW,ALSA]
1361
1362         snd-es1968=     [HW,ALSA]
1363
1364         snd-fm801=      [HW,ALSA]
1365
1366         snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA]
1367
1368         snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA]
1369
1370         snd-gusmax=     [HW,ALSA]
1371
1372         snd-hdsp=       [HW,ALSA]
1373
1374         snd-ice1712=    [HW,ALSA]
1375
1376         snd-intel8x0=   [HW,ALSA]
1377
1378         snd-interwave=  [HW,ALSA]
1379
1380         snd-interwave-stb=
1381                         [HW,ALSA]
1382
1383         snd-korg1212=   [HW,ALSA]
1384
1385         snd-maestro3=   [HW,ALSA]
1386
1387         snd-mpu401=     [HW,ALSA]
1388
1389         snd-mtpav=      [HW,ALSA]
1390
1391         snd-nm256=      [HW,ALSA]
1392
1393         snd-opl3sa2=    [HW,ALSA]
1394
1395         snd-opti92x-ad1848=
1396                         [HW,ALSA]
1397
1398         snd-opti92x-cs4231=
1399                         [HW,ALSA]
1400
1401         snd-opti93x=    [HW,ALSA]
1402
1403         snd-pmac=       [HW,ALSA]
1404
1405         snd-rme32=      [HW,ALSA]
1406
1407         snd-rme96=      [HW,ALSA]
1408
1409         snd-rme9652=    [HW,ALSA]
1410
1411         snd-sb8=        [HW,ALSA]
1412
1413         snd-sb16=       [HW,ALSA]
1414
1415         snd-sbawe=      [HW,ALSA]
1416
1417         snd-serial=     [HW,ALSA]
1418
1419         snd-sgalaxy=    [HW,ALSA]
1420
1421         snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA]
1422
1423         snd-sun-amd7930=
1424                         [HW,ALSA]
1425
1426         snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
1427
1428         snd-trident=    [HW,ALSA]
1429
1430         snd-usb-audio=  [HW,ALSA,USB]
1431
1432         snd-via82xx=    [HW,ALSA]
1433
1434         snd-virmidi=    [HW,ALSA]
1435
1436         snd-wavefront=  [HW,ALSA]
1437
1438         snd-ymfpci=     [HW,ALSA]
1439
1440         sonicvibes=     [HW,OSS]
1441                         Format: <reverb>
1442
1443         sonycd535=      [HW,CD]
1444                         Format: <io>[,<irq>]
1445
1446         sonypi.*=       [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
1447                         See Documentation/sonypi.txt
1448
1449         specialix=      [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter
1450                         See Documentation/specialix.txt.
1451
1452         spia_io_base=   [HW,MTD]
1453         spia_fio_base=
1454         spia_pedr=
1455         spia_peddr=
1456
1457         sscape=         [HW,OSS]
1458                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
1459
1460         st=             [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
1461                         See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
1462
1463         st0x=           [HW,SCSI]
1464                         See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c.
1465
1466         sti=            [PARISC,HW]
1467                         Format: <num>
1468                         Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
1469                         machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
1470                         as the initial boot-console.
1471                         See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
1472
1473         sti_font=       [HW]
1474                         See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
1475
1476         stifb=          [HW]
1477                         Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
1478
1479         swiotlb=        [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
1480
1481         switches=       [HW,M68k]
1482
1483         sym53c416=      [HW,SCSI]
1484                         See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c.
1485
1486         t128=           [HW,SCSI]
1487                         See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c.
1488
1489         tdfx=           [HW,DRM]
1490
1491         thash_entries=  [KNL,NET]
1492                         Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
1493
1494         time            Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
1495
1496         tipar.timeout=  [HW,PPT]
1497                         Set communications timeout in tenths of a second
1498                         (default 15).
1499
1500         tipar.delay=    [HW,PPT]
1501                         Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10).
1502
1503         tmc8xx=         [HW,SCSI]
1504                         See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c.
1505
1506         tmscsim=        [HW,SCSI]
1507                         See comment before function dc390_setup() in
1508                         drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
1509
1510         tp720=          [HW,PS2]
1511
1512         trix=           [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
1513                         Format:
1514                         <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
1515
1516         tsdev.xres=     [TS] Horizontal screen resolution.
1517         tsdev.yres=     [TS] Vertical screen resolution.
1518
1519         turbografx.map[2|3]=    [HW,JOY]
1520                         TurboGraFX parallel port interface
1521                         Format:
1522                         <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
1523                         See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
1524
1525         u14-34f=        [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter
1526                         See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.
1527
1528         uart401=        [HW,OSS]
1529                         Format: <io>,<irq>
1530
1531         uart6850=       [HW,OSS]
1532                         Format: <io>,<irq>
1533
1534         usbhid.mousepoll=
1535                         [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
1536
1537         video=          [FB] Frame buffer configuration
1538                         See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
1539
1540         vga=            [BOOT,IA-32] Select a particular video mode
1541                         See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and
1542                         Documentation/svga.txt.
1543                         Use vga=ask for menu.
1544                         This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
1545                         passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
1546
1547         vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
1548                         size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
1549                         minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
1550                         decrease the size and leave more room for directly
1551                         mapped kernel RAM.
1552
1553         vmhalt=         [KNL,S390]
1554
1555         vmpoff=         [KNL,S390]
1556
1557         waveartist=     [HW,OSS]
1558                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
1559
1560         wd33c93=        [HW,SCSI]
1561                         See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
1562
1563         wd7000=         [HW,SCSI]
1564                         See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c.
1565
1566         wdt=            [WDT] Watchdog
1567                         See Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt.
1568
1569         xd=             [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
1570         xd_geo=         See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
1571
1572         xirc2ps_cs=     [NET,PCMCIA]
1573                         Format:
1574                         <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
1575
1576
1577 ______________________________________________________________________
1578 Changelog:
1579
1580 2000-06-??      Mr. Unknown
1581         The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before.
1582
1583 2002-11-24      Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
1584                 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@verizon.net>
1585         Update for 2.5.49, description for most of the options introduced,
1586         references to other documentation (C files, READMEs, ..), added S390,
1587         PPC, SPARC, MTD, ALSA and OSS category. Minor corrections and
1588         reformatting.
1589
1590 2005-10-19      Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
1591         Lots of typos, whitespace, some reformatting.
1592
1593 TODO:
1594
1595         Add documentation for ALSA options.
1596         Add more DRM drivers.