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@@ -774,6 +774,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
disable= [IPV6]
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
+ disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
+ Format: <int>
+ The number of initial APIC ID for the
+ corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
+ mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
+ disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
+ causing system reset or hang due to sending
+ INIT from AP to BSP.
+
disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES]
Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
to workaround buggy firmware.
@@ -881,6 +890,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
+ edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
+ Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
+ on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
+ by other higher priority error reporting module.
+ off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
+ force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
+ default: on.
+
ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
ekgdboc=kbd
@@ -890,6 +907,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
edd= [EDD]
Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
+ efi= [EFI]
+ Format: { "old_map" }
+ old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
+ runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
+ default.
+
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
@@ -1529,6 +1552,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
+ * disable: Disable this device.
+
If there are multiple matching configurations changing
the same attribute, the last one is used.
@@ -1992,6 +2017,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
+ nokaslr [X86]
+ Disable kernel base offset ASLR (Address Space
+ Layout Randomization) if built into the kernel.
+
noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
@@ -2625,7 +2654,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the
offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
-
real-time workloads. It can also improve energy
efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
@@ -2641,8 +2669,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
periodically wake up to do the polling.
rcutree.blimit= [KNL]
- Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
- in one batch.
+ Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
+ process in one batch.
rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each
@@ -2661,8 +2689,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
- Set threshold of queued
- RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
+ Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
+ batch limiting is disabled.
rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which