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
Mechanism 2.
nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
Configuration
- mmconf [IA-32,X86_64] Force MMCONFIG. This is useful
- to override the builtin blacklist.
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
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]
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