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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index bdc1f33fd3d1..0fa47ddf4c46 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ loops can be debugged more effectively on production systems. - clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86] + clearcpuid=BITNUM[,BITNUM...] [X86] Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ some critical bits. cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]] - [ARM,X86,KNL] + [KNL,CMA] Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous memory allocations and optionally the placement constraint by the physical address range of @@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer). disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] - Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if + Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this to workaround buggy firmware. disable_ipv6= [IPV6] @@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ what data is available or for reverse-engineering. dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] - module.dyndbg[="val"] + <module>.dyndbg[="val"] Enable debug messages at boot time. See Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for details. @@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found in some Intel CPUs. - module.async_probe [KNL] + <module>.async_probe [KNL] Enable asynchronous probe on this module. early_ioremap_debug [KNL] @@ -1233,8 +1233,7 @@ efi= [EFI] Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma", "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve", - "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma", - "old_map" } + "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" } debug: enable misc debug output. disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub. @@ -1251,8 +1250,6 @@ novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap(). no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub - old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI - runtime services mapping. [Needs CONFIG_X86_UV=y] efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of @@ -1959,7 +1956,7 @@ 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA. unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH. - io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems + io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. @@ -2180,7 +2177,7 @@ kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. - kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address. + kmac= [MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address. Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip Ethernet adapter MAC address. @@ -2261,6 +2258,14 @@ [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of LPIs. + kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC] + Reserves given percentage from system memory area for + contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable + allocation. + By default it reserves 5% of total system memory. + Format: <integer> + Default: 5 + kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) @@ -2370,9 +2375,10 @@ lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it. - lapic= [X86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline + lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC. + Format: notscdeadline lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer in C2 power state. @@ -2444,8 +2450,7 @@ memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages. - load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy - See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. + load_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. Format: <integer> @@ -2582,8 +2587,8 @@ (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1 - machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different - yeeloong laptop. + machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between + different yeeloong laptops. Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater @@ -3188,7 +3193,7 @@ register save and restore. The kernel will only save legacy floating-point registers on task switch. - nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. + nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). Equivalent to smt=1. @@ -3924,9 +3929,7 @@ Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for statistical time based profiling. - prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk - before loading. - See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. + prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] prot_virt= [S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports @@ -3984,6 +3987,8 @@ ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. + ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address + random.trust_cpu={on,off} [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the CPU's random number generator (if available) to |