it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
running once the system is up.
+The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the
+complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to
+a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
+and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
+./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
+
+
53c7xx= [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers
See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c.
See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.
acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+ acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
+ Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+ that require a timer override, but don't have
+ HPET
acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI]
Format: <int>
autotest [IA64]
- awe= [HW,OSS] AWE32/SB32/AWE64 wave table synth
- Format: <io>,<memsize>,<isapnp>
-
aztcd= [HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver
Format: <io>,0x79 (?)
clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
[Deprecated]
- Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used
+ Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
- clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
+ clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
disable_8254_timer
Default value is 0.
Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
- es1370= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <lineout>[,<micbias>]
- See also header of sound/oss/es1370.c.
-
es1371= [HW,OSS]
Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]]
See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c.
floppy= [HW]
See Documentation/floppy.txt.
- ftape= [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options.
- See Documentation/ftape.txt.
-
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
gscd= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>
- gus= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>
-
gvp11= [HW,SCSI]
hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
- i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controlled can only read data from
- keyboard and can not control its state
+ i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
+ keyboard and cannot control its state
(Don't attempt to blink the leds)
i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
(machvec) in a generic kernel.
Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
- mad16= [HW,OSS] Format:
- <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>,<joystick>
-
- maui= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>
-
max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
be mounted
Format: <1-256>
opl3= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>
- opl3sa= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
opl3sa2= [HW,OSS] Format:
<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple]
machine check when some devices' config space
is read. But various workarounds are disabled
and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
+ bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
+ This sorting is done to get a device
+ order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
+ nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
+
pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
pd. [PARIDE]
pt. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/paride.txt.
- quiet= [KNL] Disable log messages
+ quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages
r128= [HW,DRM]
rcu.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued
RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled.
- rcu.rsinterval= [KNL,BOOT,SMP] Set the number of additional
- RCU callbacks to queued before forcing reschedule
- on all cpus.
-
rdinit= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
- See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c.
+ See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
address space.
+ reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
+ during initialization.
+
resume= [SWSUSP]
Specify the partition device for software suspend
sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI]
- sgalaxy= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sgbase>
-
shapers= [NET]
Maximal number of shapers.
snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA]
- sonicvibes= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <reverb>
-
sonycd535= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>[,<irq>]
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