Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
efi= [EFI]
- Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
+ Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug",
+ "nosoftreserve" }
old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
default.
firmware implementations.
noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
debug: enable misc debug output
+ nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
+ attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
+ memory range for a memory mapping driver to
+ claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
+ reservation and treat the memory by its base type
+ (i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
updating original EFI memory map.
Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
from ss to ss+nn.
+
If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
+ If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
+ EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
+ range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
+
Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
- related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
+ related features. For example, you can do debugging of
Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
- doesn't support it.
+ doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
+ "soft reserved".
efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
SMT on vulnerable CPUs
off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
+ On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
+ an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
+ mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
+ this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
+ too.
+
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
mds=full.
This can be set from sysctl after boot.
See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
+ of_devlink [OF, KNL] Create device links between consumer and
+ supplier devices by scanning the devictree to infer the
+ consumer/supplier relationships. A consumer device
+ will not be probed until all the supplier devices have
+ probed successfully.
+
ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
info.
vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
+ On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
+ prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
+ are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
+ this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
+
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected
and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
- of sense data);
+ of sense data, not on uas);
b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
- bytes of sense data);
+ bytes of sense data, not on uas);
c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
device capacity by one sector);
d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
- READ_DISC_INFO command);
+ READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
command, uas only);
l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
- unlock ejectable media);
+ unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
- than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
+ than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
+ not on uas);
n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
- initial READ(10) command);
+ initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
- reported by the device);
+ reported by the device, not on uas);
p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
- by default);
+ by default, not on uas);
r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
- bogus residue values);
+ bogus residue values, not on uas);
s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
Logical Unit);
t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
medium is write-protected).
y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
- even if the device claims no cache)
+ even if the device claims no cache,
+ not on uas)
Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
user_debug= [KNL,ARM]