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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 3475b3297064..37babf91f2cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -33,6 +33,37 @@ can also be entered as Double-quotes can be used to protect spaces in values, e.g.: param="spaces in here" +cpu lists: +---------- + +Some kernel parameters take a list of CPUs as a value, e.g. isolcpus, +nohz_full, irqaffinity, rcu_nocbs. The format of this list is: + + <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> + +or + + <cpu number>-<cpu number> + (must be a positive range in ascending order) + +or a mixture + +<cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> + +Note that for the special case of a range one can split the range into equal +sized groups and for each group use some amount from the beginning of that +group: + + <cpu number>-cpu number>:<used size>/<group size> + +For example one can add to the command line following parameter: + + isolcpus=1,2,10-20,100-2000:2/25 + +where the final item represents CPUs 100,101,125,126,150,151,... + + + This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also @@ -131,6 +162,7 @@ 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 +199,18 @@ 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 +346,8 @@ 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 @@ -455,6 +491,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during IOMMU initialization. + amd_iommu_intr= [HW,X86-64] + Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt + remapping modes: + legacy - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode. + vapic - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU + to inject interrupts directly into guest. + This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1. + (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.) + amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT Format: <a>,<b> @@ -542,6 +587,13 @@ 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> @@ -570,6 +622,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. bootmem_debug [KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages. + bert_disable [ACPI] + Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes. + bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as kernel args too. @@ -675,6 +730,23 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [SPARC64] tick [X86-64] hpet,tsc + clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm= + [ARM,ARM64] + Format: <bool> + Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM + architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling + loops can be debugged more effectively on production + systems. + + clocksource.arm_arch_timer.fsl-a008585= + [ARM64] + Format: <bool> + Enable/disable the workaround of Freescale/NXP + erratum A-008585. This can be useful for KVM + guests, if the guest device tree doesn't show the + erratum. If unspecified, the workaround is + enabled based on the device tree. + clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86] Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit @@ -826,6 +898,9 @@ 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> @@ -905,9 +980,18 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. dhash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. + disable_1tb_segments [PPC] + Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This + causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which + can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB + miss to occur. + disable= [IPV6] See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. + disable_radix [PPC] + Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9 + disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP] Format: <int> The number of initial APIC ID for the @@ -1010,11 +1094,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. determined by the stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node. - cdns,<addr> - Start an early, polled-mode console on a cadence serial - port at the specified address. The cadence serial port - must already be setup and configured. Options are not - yet supported. + cdns,<addr>[,options] + Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence + (xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only + supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not + specified, the serial port must already be setup and + configured. uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] @@ -1039,6 +1124,12 @@ 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 @@ -1164,6 +1255,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box doesn't support it. + efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT + that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are + multiple variables with the same name but with different + vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See + Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details. + + eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. @@ -1316,6 +1414,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0. Default: 1024 + gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges + [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device. + Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>... + hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= [KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate backtraces on all cpus. @@ -1602,6 +1704,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk + init_pkru= [x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights + register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by + default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can + override in debugfs after boot. + inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver Format: <irq> @@ -1647,7 +1754,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86] 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle. - 1 to 6 specify maximum depth of C-state. + 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state. intel_pstate= [X86] disable @@ -1668,6 +1775,11 @@ 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) @@ -1715,13 +1827,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask - Format: - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> - or - <cpu number>-<cpu number> - (must be a positive range in ascending order) - or a mixture - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> + The argument is a cpu list, as described above. irqfixup [HW] When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers @@ -1738,13 +1844,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. - Format: - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> - or - <cpu number>-<cpu number> - (must be a positive range in ascending order) - or a mixture - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> + The argument is a cpu list, as described above. This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling @@ -1774,15 +1874,20 @@ 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. - kaslr/nokaslr [X86] - Enable/disable kernel and module base offset ASLR - (Address Space Layout Randomization) if built into - the kernel. When CONFIG_HIBERNATION is selected, - kASLR is disabled by default. When kASLR is enabled, - hibernation will be disabled. + nokaslr [KNL] + When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables + kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space + Layout Randomization). keepinitrd [HW,ARM] @@ -2110,10 +2215,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. than or equal to this physical address is ignored. maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel - should make use of. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the - kernel to using 'n' processors. n=0 is a special case, - it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables - the IO APIC. + will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits + the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after + bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing + "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus + only takes effect during system bootup. + While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp", + which also disables the IO APIC. max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default @@ -2148,6 +2256,14 @@ 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 @@ -2261,6 +2377,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that is always true, so this option does nothing. + module_blacklist= [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of + modules. Useful for debugging problem modules. + mousedev.tap_time= [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered @@ -2358,6 +2477,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages. See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. + nfs.callback_nr_threads= + [NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the + NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback + requests. + nfs.callback_tcpport= [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback channel should listen. @@ -2381,6 +2505,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. of returning the full 64-bit number. The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. + nfs.max_session_cb_slots= + [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session + slots the client will assign to the callback + channel. This determines the maximum number of + callbacks the client will process in parallel for + a particular server. + nfs.max_session_slots= [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots the client will attempt to negotiate with the server. @@ -2509,8 +2640,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting - nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects. - nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time. noefi Disable EFI runtime services support. @@ -2545,6 +2674,9 @@ 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. @@ -2586,6 +2718,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Default: on nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT] + The argument is a cpu list, as described above. In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside @@ -2708,9 +2841,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to - supporting 'n' processors. Later in runtime you can not - use hotplug cpu feature to put more cpu back to online. - just like you compile the kernel NR_CPUS=n + support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the + number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in + runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches + n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu + variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu + hot plugging. nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. @@ -2751,8 +2887,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI timer mode (see also oprofile.timer for generic hr timer mode) - [s390] Force legacy basic mode sampling - (report cpu_type "timer") oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the process, but there is a small probability of @@ -2928,11 +3062,6 @@ 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 @@ -2966,12 +3095,18 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. resource_alignment= Format: [<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...] + [<order of align>@]pci:<vendor>:<device>\ + [:<subvendor>:<subdevice>][; ...] Specifies alignment and device to reassign aligned memory resources. If <order of align> is not specified, PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment. PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource windows need to be expanded. + To specify the alignment for several + instances of a device, the PCI vendor, + device, subvendor, and subdevice may be + specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer end-to-end CRC checking). bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the @@ -2984,6 +3119,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. hpmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window. Default size is 2 megabytes. + hpbussize=nn The minimum amount of additional bus numbers + reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge. + Default is 1. realloc= Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources if allocations done by BIOS are too small to accommodate resources required by all child @@ -3015,6 +3153,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. compat Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe ports driver. + pcie_port_pm= [PCIE] PCIe port power management handling: + off Disable power management of all PCIe ports + force Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports + pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options: nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services). @@ -3118,6 +3260,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) default: disabled + printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit} + Control writing to /dev/kmsg. + on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace + off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled + ratelimit - ratelimit the logging + Default: ratelimit + printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) @@ -3175,6 +3324,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. rcu_nocbs= [KNL] + The argument is a cpu list, as described above. + In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs. Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will @@ -3291,6 +3442,44 @@ 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. @@ -3477,7 +3666,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. relax_domain_level= [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. - See Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt. + See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt. relative_sleep_states= [SUSPEND] Use sleep state labeling where the deepest @@ -3524,6 +3713,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. present during boot. nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images. no Disable hibernation and resume. + protect_image Turn on image protection during restoration + (that will set all pages holding image data + during restoration read-only). retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction @@ -3702,6 +3894,13 @@ 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> @@ -3755,6 +3954,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. using these two parameters to set the minimum and maximum port values. + sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit= + [NFS,SUNRPC] + Limit the number of requests that the server will + process in parallel from a single connection. + The default value is 0 (no limit). + sunrpc.pool_mode= [NFS] Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to @@ -3790,7 +3995,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. swapaccount=[0|1] [KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable - it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt) + it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt) swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86] Format: { <int> | force } @@ -3915,8 +4120,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. trace_event=[event-list] [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order - to facilitate early boot debugging. - See also Documentation/trace/events.txt + to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a + comma separated list of trace events to enable. See + also Documentation/trace/events.txt trace_options=[option-list] [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot. @@ -4105,6 +4311,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver); 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) Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc user_debug= [KNL,ARM] |