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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 0b3de80ec8f6..82b42c958d1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ parameter is applicable: More X86-64 boot options can be found in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt . X86 Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) + X86_UV SGI UV support is enabled. XEN Xen support is enabled In addition, the following text indicates that the option: @@ -167,16 +168,18 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface - Format: { force | off | strict | noirq | rsdt | + Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt | copy_dsdt } force -- enable ACPI if default was off + on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64] off -- disable ACPI if default was on noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not strictly ACPI specification compliant. rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory - For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off" or "acpi=force" are available + For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force" + are available See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi @@ -312,6 +315,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. acpi_osi=!* # remove all strings acpi_osi=! # disable all built-in OS vendor strings + acpi_osi=!! # enable all built-in OS vendor + strings acpi_osi= # disable all strings 'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or @@ -542,6 +547,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <int> (must be >=0) Default: 64 + bau= [X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV. The default + behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0). + Format: { "0" | "1" } + 0 - Disable the BAU. + 1 - Enable the BAU. + unset - Disable the BAU. + baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] Format: <io>,<mode> @@ -826,6 +838,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used or memory reserved is below 4G. + cryptomgr.notests + [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests + cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] Format: <dma> @@ -1039,6 +1054,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write the device registers. + meson,<addr> + Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial + port at the specified address. The serial port must + already be setup and configured. Options are not yet + supported. + msm_serial,<addr> Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial port at the specified address. The serial port @@ -1661,6 +1682,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. hwp_only Only load intel_pstate on systems which support hardware P state control (HWP) if available. + support_acpi_ppc + Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI + Description Table, specifies preferred power management + profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server", + then this feature is turned on by default. intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] on enable Interrupt Remapping (default) @@ -1767,6 +1793,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as: ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0 + ivrs_acpihid [HW,X86_64] + Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID + mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For + example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to + PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as: + ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0 + js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick See Documentation/input/joystick.txt. @@ -2141,6 +2174,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers. + memhp_default_state=online/offline + [KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug + onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is + set according to the + CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config + option. + See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt. + memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user. Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on @@ -2538,6 +2579,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nohugeiomap [KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. + nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). + Equivalent to smt=1. + noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. @@ -2921,11 +2965,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. for broken drivers that don't call it. skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can handle more pci cards - firmware [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead - just use the configuration from the - bootloader. This is currently used on - IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be - configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs. noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning. This might help on some broken boards which machine check when some devices' config space @@ -3284,6 +3323,44 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can prove do nothing more than free memory. + rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL] + Measure performance of expedited synchronous + grace-period primitives. + + rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL] + Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of + this parameter is to delay the start of the + test until boot completes in order to avoid + interference. + + rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL] + Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects + N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value + "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again + the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N + (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. + A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects + a single reader. + + rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL] + Set number of RCU writers. The values operate + the same as for rcuperf.nreaders. + N, where N is the number of CPUs + + rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT] + Start rcuperf running at boot time. + + rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL] + Shut the system down after performance tests + complete. This is useful for hands-off automated + testing. + + rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL] + Specify the RCU implementation to test. + + rcuperf.verbose= [KNL] + Enable additional printk() statements. + rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL] Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive callback-flood tests. @@ -3695,6 +3772,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. 1: Fast pin select (default) 2: ATC IRMode + smt [KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical + CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of + symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the + actual hardware limit. + Format: <integer> + Default: -1 (no limit) + softlockup_panic= [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. Format: <integer> |