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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
@@ -2168,10 +2168,13 @@ 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
@@ -2578,8 +2581,6 @@ 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.
@@ -2780,9 +2781,12 @@ 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.