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@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
+ UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
USB USB support is enabled.
USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
@@ -469,8 +470,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
- include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h for the valid bit numbers.
- Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
+ arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit
+ numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
ones should be.
Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
@@ -551,6 +552,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
to work with serial and VGA consoles.
+ coredump_filter=
+ [KNL] Change the default value for
+ /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
+ See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
+
cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
Format:
<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
@@ -913,6 +919,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
inttest= [IA64]
+ iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
+ strict regions from userspace.
+ relaxed
+
iommu= [x86]
off
force
@@ -1117,6 +1127,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
If there are multiple matching configurations changing
the same attribute, the last one is used.
+ lmb=debug [KNL] Enable lmb debug messages.
+
load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
@@ -1569,6 +1581,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+ ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
+ See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
+ info.
+
olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
command is not properly ACKed, override the length
@@ -1793,10 +1809,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
autoconfiguration.
Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
- dynamic_printk
- Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
- CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also
- be switched on/off via <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
+ dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
+ CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
+ These can also be switched on/off via
+ <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
print-fatal-signals=
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
@@ -1884,7 +1900,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
- See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
+ See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
relax_domain_level=
[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
@@ -2372,6 +2388,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
usbhid.mousepoll=
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
+ usb-storage.delay_use=
+ [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
+ scanned for Logical Units (default 5).
+
+ usb-storage.quirks=
+ [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
+ override the built-in unusual_devs list. List
+ entries are separated by commas. Each entry has
+ the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
+ and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
+ 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);
+ c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
+ device capacity by one sector);
+ h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
+ reported device capacity by one
+ sector if the number is odd);
+ i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
+ device);
+ l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
+ unlock ejectable media);
+ m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
+ than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
+ o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
+ reported by the device);
+ r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
+ bogus residue values);
+ s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
+ Logical Unit);
+ w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
+ medium is write-protected).
+ Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
+
add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
kernel's map of available physical RAM.
@@ -2432,8 +2483,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
- norandmaps Don't use address space randomization
- Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+ norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
+ echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
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