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requirements as needed. This option
does not override iommu=pt
+ amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64]
+ Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
+ for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
+ driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
+ IOMMU initialization.
+
amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
Format: <a>,<b>
@@ -397,8 +403,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
Use software keyboard repeat
- autotest [IA-64]
-
baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
Format: <io>,<mode>
@@ -508,6 +512,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
some critical bits.
+ cma=nn[MG] [ARM,KNL]
+ Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous
+ memory allocations. For more information, see
+ include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
+
cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
@@ -515,6 +524,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
a hypervisor.
Default: yes
+ coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL]
+ Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
+ allocations if Contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA) is used.
+
code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
in an oops report.
Range: 0 - 8192
@@ -987,6 +1000,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
capability is set.
+ i915.invert_brightness=
+ [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
+ set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
+ brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
+ and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
+ to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
+ (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
+ is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
+ to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
+ value switches the backlight off.
+ -1 -- never invert brightness
+ 0 -- machine default
+ 1 -- force brightness inversion
+
icn= [HW,ISDN]
Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
@@ -1430,8 +1457,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
devices can be requested on-demand with the
/dev/loop-control interface.
- mcatest= [IA-64]
-
mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -2518,6 +2543,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
+ skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
+ xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
+ contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
+ Format: { "0" | "1" }
+ 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
+ 1 -- enable.
+ Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
+ enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
+
security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
security module asking for security registration will be
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