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@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
possible to determine what the correct size should be.
This option provides an override for these situations.
+ 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
+ loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
+ as if no module has been chosen.
+
capability.disable=
[SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally
be used only if an alternative security model is to be
@@ -763,11 +769,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
- Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler or ide=reverse
+ Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler
See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
- Format: ide?=noprobe or chipset specific parameters.
+ Format: ide?=ata66 or chipset specific parameters.
See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
@@ -812,6 +818,19 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
inttest= [IA64]
+ iommu= [x86]
+ off
+ force
+ noforce
+ biomerge
+ panic
+ nopanic
+ merge
+ nomerge
+ forcesac
+ soft
+
+
intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
off
Disable intel iommu driver.
@@ -928,6 +947,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
in oops dumps.
+ kgdboc= [HW] kgdb over consoles.
+ Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
+ (only serial suported for now)
+ Format: <serial_device>[,baud]
+
l2cr= [PPC]
l3cr= [PPC]
@@ -1136,6 +1160,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
or
memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
+ memtest= [KNL,X86_64] Enable memtest
+ Format: <integer>
+ range: 0,4 : pattern number
+ default : 0 <disable>
+
meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
@@ -1253,8 +1282,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
noexec [IA-64]
noexec [X86-32,X86-64]
+ On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
- noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings
+ noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
+
+ noexec32 [X86-64]
+ This affects only 32-bit executables.
+ noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
+ read doesn't imply executable mappings
+ noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
+ read implies executable mappings
nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
register save and restore. The kernel will only save
@@ -1341,6 +1378,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nowb [ARM]
+ nptcg= [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
+ purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
+ SAL PALO.
+
numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified
This can be set from sysctl after boot.