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@@ -47,14 +47,7 @@ Please see Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck.rst for sysfs runtime tunables.
in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default.
mce=nobootlog
Disable boot machine check logging.
- mce=tolerancelevel[,monarchtimeout] (number,number)
- tolerance levels:
- 0: always panic on uncorrected errors, log corrected errors
- 1: panic or SIGBUS on uncorrected errors, log corrected errors
- 2: SIGBUS or log uncorrected errors, log corrected errors
- 3: never panic or SIGBUS, log all errors (for testing only)
- Default is 1
- Can be also set using sysfs which is preferable.
+ mce=monarchtimeout (number)
monarchtimeout:
Sets the time in us to wait for other CPUs on machine checks. 0
to disable.
@@ -164,15 +157,6 @@ Rebooting
newer BIOS, or newer board) using this option will ignore the built-in
quirk table, and use the generic default reboot actions.
-Non Executable Mappings
-=======================
-
- noexec=on|off
- on
- Enable(default)
- off
- Disable
-
NUMA
====
@@ -303,11 +287,13 @@ iommu options only relevant to the AMD GART hardware IOMMU:
iommu options only relevant to the software bounce buffering (SWIOTLB) IOMMU
implementation:
- swiotlb=<pages>[,force]
- <pages>
- Prereserve that many 128K pages for the software IO bounce buffering.
+ swiotlb=<slots>[,force,noforce]
+ <slots>
+ Prereserve that many 2K slots for the software IO bounce buffering.
force
Force all IO through the software TLB.
+ noforce
+ Do not initialize the software TLB.
Miscellaneous
@@ -317,3 +303,17 @@ Miscellaneous
Do not use GB pages for kernel direct mappings.
gbpages
Use GB pages for kernel direct mappings.
+
+
+AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization)
+=========================================
+Options relating to AMD SEV, specified via the following format:
+
+::
+
+ sev=option1[,option2]
+
+The available options are:
+
+ debug
+ Enable debug messages.