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Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
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VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled.
X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled.
More X86-64 boot options can be found in
Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
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acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT

acpi_pm_good [IA-32,X86-64]
acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64]
Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
and always returns good values.
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c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card

cachesize= [BUGS=IA-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
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Value can be changed at runtime via
/selinux/checkreqprot.

clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
[Deprecated]
Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
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[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
[AVR32] avr32
[IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
[MIPS] MIPS
[PARISC] cr16
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over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The
kernel tries to set a sensible default.

hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT.
hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT.
Format: disable

com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
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dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI]

earlyprintk= [IA-32,X86-64,SH]
earlyprintk= [X86-32,X86-64,SH]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]

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eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.

elanfreq= [IA-32]
elanfreq= [X86-32]
See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.

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See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.

elfcorehdr= [IA-32, X86_64]
elfcorehdr= [X86-32, X86_64]
Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
pass this option to capture kernel.
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hisax= [HW,ISDN]
See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.

hugepages= [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.
hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.

i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
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js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.

kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,IA-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is
spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
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use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
zone if it does not.

movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,IA-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
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keepinitrd [HW,ARM]

kstack=N [IA-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
in oops dumps.

l2cr= [PPC]

lapic [IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
disabled it.

lapic_timer_c2_ok [IA-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in
lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in
C2 power state.

lasi= [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip
Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq>

legacy_serial.force [HW,IA-32,X86-64]
legacy_serial.force [HW,X86-32,X86-64]
Probe for COM ports at legacy addresses even
if PNPBIOS or ACPI should describe them. This
is for working around firmware defects.
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[SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received.
Should be between 1 and 16384.

mca-pentium [BUGS=IA-32]
mca-pentium [BUGS=X86-32]

mcatest= [IA-64]

mce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception

md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
See Documentation/md.txt.
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mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
to see the whole system memory or for test.
[IA-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical
[X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical
address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices
could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM.

mem=nopentium [BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
memory.

memmap=exactmap [KNL,IA-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact
memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact
E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
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[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
entries.

nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=IA-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels

no387 [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
is present.

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noexec [IA-64]

noexec [IA-32,X86-64]
noexec [X86-32,X86-64]
noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings

nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
register save and restore. The kernel will only save
legacy floating-point registers on task switch.

nohlt [BUGS=ARM]

no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it.

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Valid arguments: on, off
Default: on

noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
noirqbalance [X86-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing

noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
disable unhandled interrupt sources.

no_timer_check [IA-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
no_timer_check [X86-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
broken timer IRQ sources.

noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
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nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.

nolapic [IA-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.

nolapic_timer [IA-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.

noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
lowmem mapping on PPC40x.

nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling

nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
nomce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception

noreplace-paravirt [IA-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
noreplace-paravirt [X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops

noreplace-smp [IA-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
with UP alternatives

noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.
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nosbagart [IA-64]

nosep [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
nosep [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.

nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel.

nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.

nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.

notsc [BUGS=IA-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter

nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem

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See also Documentation/paride.txt.

pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
off [IA-32] don't probe for the PCI bus
bios [IA-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
off [X86-32] don't probe for the PCI bus
bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
nobios [IA-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
conf1 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
conf1 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
Mechanism 1.
conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
conf2 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
Mechanism 2.
nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
nommconf [X86-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
Configuration
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
nosort [X86-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is
done to get a device order compatible with
older kernels.
biosirq [IA-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
on several machines and they hang the machine
when used, but on other computers it's the only
way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
motherboard.
rom [IA-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
rom [X86-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
Use with caution as certain devices share
address decoders between ROMs and other
resources.
irqmask=0xMMMM [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
irqmask=0xMMMM [X86-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
this way.
pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [IA-32] Specify the physical address
pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86-32] Specify the physical address
of the PIRQ table (normally generated
by the BIOS) if it is outside the
F0000h-100000h range.
lastbus=N [IA-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
lastbus=N [X86-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
useful if the kernel is unable to find your
secondary buses and you want to tell it
explicitly which ones they are.
assign-busses [IA-32] Always assign all PCI bus
assign-busses [X86-32] Always assign all PCI bus
numbers ourselves, overriding
whatever the firmware may have done.
usepirqmask [IA-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
usepirqmask [X86-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
IRQ routing is enabled.
noacpi [IA-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
noacpi [X86-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
or for PCI scanning.
routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
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Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
used for early userspace startup. See initrd.

reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c

reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area

reservetop= [IA-32]
reservetop= [X86-32]
Format: nn[KMG]
Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
address space.
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Value can be changed at runtime via
/selinux/compat_net.

serialnumber [BUGS=IA-32]
serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]

sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI]

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smart2= [HW]
Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]

smp-alt-once [IA-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only
smp-alt-once [X86-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only
attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot.

smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
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usbhid.mousepoll=
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.

vdso= [IA-32,SH,x86-64]
vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64]
vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
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video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.

vga= [BOOT,IA-32] Select a particular video mode
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and
Documentation/svga.txt.
Use vga=ask for menu.
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