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@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
- old_ordering, s4_nonvs, sci_force_enable }
+ old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable }
See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
s3_bios and s3_mode.
s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
@@ -626,6 +626,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
disable= [IPV6]
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
+ disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES]
+ Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
+ to workaround buggy firmware.
+
disable_ipv6= [IPV6]
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
ekgdboc=kbd
- This is desgined to be used in conjunction with
+ This is designed to be used in conjunction with
the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
edd= [EDD]
@@ -868,6 +872,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
from listed z/VM user IDs only.
+ keep_bootcon [KNL]
+ Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
+ useful for debugging when something happens in the window
+ between unregistering the boot console and initializing
+ the real console.
+
i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
or register an additional I2C bus that is not
registered from board initialization code.
@@ -1580,16 +1590,25 @@ 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.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
+ [NFSv4] When set, this option disables the NFSv4
+ idmapper on the client, but only if the mount
+ is using the 'sec=sys' security flavour. This may
+ make migration from legacy NFSv2/v3 systems easier
+ provided that the server has the appropriate support.
+ The default is to always enable NFSv4 idmapping.
+
nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
when a NMI is triggered.
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
- Format: [panic,][num]
+ Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
Valid num: 0
0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
- timeout occurs.
+ timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
+ default).
This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
need the box quickly up again.
@@ -1645,6 +1664,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
+ nosmep [X86]
+ Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection)
+ even if it is supported by processor.
+
noexec32 [X86-64]
This affects only 32-bit executables.
noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
@@ -1813,10 +1836,17 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
CPU specific event set.
+ oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
+ process, but there is a small probability of
+ deadlocking the machine.
+ This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
+ Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
+
OSS [HW,OSS]
See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
- panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic
+ panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
+ seconds before rebooting
Format: <timeout>
parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
@@ -2319,6 +2349,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
softlockup_panic=
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
+ Format: <integer>
sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
See Documentation/sonypi.txt
@@ -2444,11 +2475,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
0: no polling (default)
+ threadirqs [KNL]
+ Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
+ marked explicitely IRQF_NO_THREAD.
+
topology= [S390]
Format: {off | on}
Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
- topology informations if the hardware supports these.
- The scheduler will make use of these informations and
+ topology information if the hardware supports this.
+ The scheduler will make use of this information and
e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
Default is on.
@@ -2501,8 +2536,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
reported either.
unknown_nmi_panic
- [X86]
- Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot.
+ [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
usbcore.autosuspend=
[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used