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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index d6e6724446c..9373d95319c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ parameter is applicable: EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. + EVM Extended Verification Module FB The frame buffer device is enabled. FTRACE Function tracing enabled. GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. @@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory - See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi + See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used @@ -306,7 +307,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings, bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault. - amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84] + align_va_addr= [X86-64] + Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when + allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option + gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h + machines (where it is enabled by default) for a + CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in + a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler. + + 32: only for 32-bit processes + 64: only for 64-bit processes + on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes + off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes + + amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64] Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. Possible values are: fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when @@ -315,11 +329,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. is a lot of faster off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in the system + force_isolation - Force device isolation for all + devices. The IOMMU driver is not + allowed anymore to lift isolation + requirements as needed. This option + does not override iommu=pt amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT Format: <a>,<b> - See also Documentation/kernel/input/joystick.txt + See also Documentation/input/joystick.txt analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick @@ -408,7 +427,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as kernel args too. bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options - bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST + bttv.tuner= bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries @@ -724,13 +743,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. elevator= [IOSCHED] Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"} - See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and + See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. - elfcorehdr= [IA-64,PPC,SH,X86] + elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390] Specifies physical address of start of kernel core - image elf header. Generally kexec loader will - pass this option to capture kernel. + image elf header and optionally the size. Generally + kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel. See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details. enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] @@ -760,12 +779,17 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. + evm= [EVM] + Format: { "fix" } + Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of + current integrity status. + failslab= fail_page_alloc= fail_make_request=[KNL] General fault injection mechanism. Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> - See also /Documentation/fault-injection/. + See also Documentation/fault-injection/. floppy= [HW] See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt. @@ -954,6 +978,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ignore_loglevel [KNL] Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. + We also add it as printk module parameter, so users + could change it dynamically, usually by + /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel. ihash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. @@ -1014,10 +1041,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. has the capability. With this option, super page will not be supported. intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] - Format: { on (default) | off | nosid } on enable Interrupt Remapping (default) off disable Interrupt Remapping nosid disable Source ID checking + no_x2apic_optout + BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored inttest= [IA-64] @@ -1036,7 +1064,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nomerge forcesac soft - pt [x86, IA-64] + pt [x86, IA-64] + group_mf [x86, IA-64] + io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in @@ -1155,9 +1185,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs. Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP) - kvm.oos_shadow= [KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging. - Default is 1 (enabled) - kvm.mmu_audit= [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit KVM MMU at runtime. Default is 0 (off) @@ -1181,6 +1208,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled) + kvm-intel.nested= + [KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX). + Default is 0 (disabled) + kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest= [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable @@ -1642,6 +1673,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may not work reliably with all consoles, but is known to work with serial and VGA consoles. + To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add + console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control + it. Users could use console_suspend (usually + /sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to + turn on/off it dynamically. noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, @@ -1777,6 +1813,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. + nordrand [X86] Disable the direct use of the RDRAND + instruction even if it is supported by the + processor. RDRAND is still available to user + space applications. + noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap space. @@ -1848,6 +1889,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the CPU specific event set. + timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI + timer mode (see also oprofile.timer + for generic hr timer mode) + [s390] Force legacy basic mode sampling + (report cpu_type "timer") oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the process, but there is a small probability of @@ -2240,6 +2286,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt + resumedelay= [HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to + read the resume files + + resumewait [HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up. + Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously + (e.g. USB and MMC devices). + hibernate= [HIBERNATION] noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image present during boot. @@ -2375,7 +2428,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <integer> sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver - See Documentation/sonypi.txt + See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter See Documentation/serial/specialix.txt. @@ -2588,6 +2641,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [USB] Start with the old device initialization scheme (default 0 = off). + usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb= + [USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by + usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047). + usbcore.use_both_schemes= [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled). @@ -2706,11 +2763,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice targets for exploits that can control RIP. - emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated - reasonably safely. + emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are + emulated reasonably safely. - native [default] Vsyscalls are native syscall - instructions. + native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions. This is a little bit faster than trapping and makes a few dynamic recompilers work better than they would in emulation mode. |