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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 50680a59a2ff..d4762d7ebd14 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -463,6 +463,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] Use software keyboard repeat + audit= [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system + Format: { "0" | "1" } (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled) + 0 - kernel audit is disabled and can not be enabled + until the next reboot + unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and + will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd. + 1 - kernel audit is initialized and partially enabled, + storing at most audit_backlog_limit messages in + RAM until it is fully enabled by the userspace + auditd. + Default: unset + + audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit. + Format: <int> (must be >=0) + Default: 64 + baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] Format: <io>,<mode> @@ -515,7 +531,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable} - {Currently supported controllers - "memory"} + The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are: + - foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in + a single hierarchy + - foo isn't visible as an individually mountable + subsystem + {Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and + cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So + only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy} checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. Format: { "0" | "1" } @@ -774,6 +797,15 @@ 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 +913,14 @@ 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 +930,12 @@ 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 +1575,8 @@ 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 +2040,10 @@ 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 +2677,6 @@ 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 +2692,8 @@ 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 +2712,8 @@ 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 |