it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
running once the system is up.
+The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the
+complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to
+a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
+and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
+./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
+
+
53c7xx= [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers
See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c.
See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.
clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
[Deprecated]
- Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used
+ Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
- clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
+ clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
disable_8254_timer
gscd= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>
- gt96100eth= [NET] MIPS GT96100 Advanced Communication Controller
-
gus= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>
noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
- i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controlled can only read data from
- keyboard and can not control its state
+ i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
+ keyboard and cannot control its state
(Don't attempt to blink the leds)
i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
+ ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
+ Default is 21.
+ Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
+ may be specified.
+ Format: <port>,<port>....
+
irqfixup [HW]
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
bootloader. This is currently used on
IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
-
+ noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
+ This might help on some broken boards which
+ machine check when some devices' config space
+ is read. But various workarounds are disabled
+ and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
pd. [PARIDE]
pt. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/paride.txt.
- quiet= [KNL] Disable log messages
+ quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages
r128= [HW,DRM]
rcu.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued
RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled.
- rcu.rsinterval= [KNL,BOOT,SMP] Set the number of additional
- RCU callbacks to queued before forcing reschedule
- on all cpus.
-
rdinit= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
- See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c.
+ See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
+ reservetop= [IA-32]
+ Format: nn[KMG]
+ Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
+ address space.
+
+ reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
+ during initialization.
+
resume= [SWSUSP]
Specify the partition device for software suspend