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@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
+ KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
LIBATA Libata driver is enabled
LP Printer support is enabled.
LOOP Loopback device support is enabled.
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
PPT Parallel port support is enabled.
PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
RAM RAM disk support is enabled.
- ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled.
S390 S390 architecture is enabled.
SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
A lot of drivers has their options described inside of
@@ -344,6 +344,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Change the amount of debugging information output
when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
+ show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+ Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
+ number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
+ to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
+ Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
+ The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
+ apic=verbose is specified.
+ Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
+
apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
@@ -670,7 +679,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
- earlyprintk=dbgp
+ earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
+ earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
takes over.
@@ -777,6 +787,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
tracing directory.
+ ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
+ [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
+ by the function graph tracer at boot up.
+ function-list is a comma separated list of functions
+ that can be changed at run time by the
+ set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
+
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -932,7 +949,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1 -- enable informational integrity auditing messages.
ima_hash= [IMA]
- Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" }
+ Format: { "sha1" | "md5" }
default: "sha1"
ima_tcb [IMA]
@@ -1098,6 +1115,44 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
kstack=N [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
in oops dumps.
+ kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
+ Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
+
+ kvm.oos_shadow= [KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging.
+ Default is 1 (enabled)
+
+ kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
+ Default is 0 (off)
+
+ kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
+ for all guests.
+ Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode
+
+ kvm-intel.bypass_guest_pf=
+ [KVM,Intel] Disables bypassing of guest page faults
+ on Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
+
+ kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
+ (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
+ Default is 1 (enabled)
+
+ kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
+ [KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
+ Default is 0 (disabled)
+
+ kvm-intel.flexpriority=
+ [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
+ Default is 1 (enabled)
+
+ kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
+ [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
+ (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
+ Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
+
+ kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
+ feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
+ Default is 1 (enabled)
+
l2cr= [PPC]
l3cr= [PPC]
@@ -1247,6 +1302,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
(machvec) in a generic kernel.
Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
+ machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
+ yeeloong laptop.
+ Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
+
max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
@@ -1522,7 +1581,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
of returning the full 64-bit number.
The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
- nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32] Specify one or more actions to take
+ nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
when a NMI is triggered.
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
@@ -1543,6 +1602,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
+ netpoll.carrier_timeout=
+ [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
+ netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
+ waits 4 seconds.
+
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
is present.
@@ -1927,11 +1991,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format: { 0 | 1 }
See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
- percpu_alloc= [X86] Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
- Allowed values are one of "lpage", "embed" and "4k".
- See comments in arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c for
- details on each allocator. This parameter is primarily
- for debugging and performance comparison.
+ percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
+ Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
+ Archs may support subset or none of the selections.
+ See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
+ allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging
+ and performance comparison.
pf. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
@@ -1982,8 +2047,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
print-fatal-signals=
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
- print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
- the kernel console.
+
+ If enabled, warn about various signal handling
+ related application anomalies: too many signals,
+ too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
+ coredump - etc.
+
+ If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
+ you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
+
default: off.
printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
@@ -2114,15 +2186,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
- root_plug.vendor_id=
- [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID
-
- root_plug.product_id=
- [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID
-
- root_plug.debug=
- [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output
-
rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
S [KNL] Run init in single mode
@@ -2132,6 +2195,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
+ sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
+
sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]