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  • 	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
    
    			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
    			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
    			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
    			prove do nothing more than free memory.
    
    	rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
    			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
    			callback-flood tests.
    
    	rcutorture.cbflood_intra_holdoff= [KNL]
    			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
    			bursts of callbacks within a given callback-flood
    			test.
    
    	rcutorture.cbflood_n_burst= [KNL]
    			Set the number of bursts making up a given
    			callback-flood test.  Set this to zero to
    			disable callback-flood testing.
    
    	rcutorture.cbflood_n_per_burst= [KNL]
    			Set the number of callbacks to be registered
    			in a given burst of a callback-flood test.
    
    
    	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
    
    			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts.
    
    
    	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
    
    			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts.
    
    
    	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
    
    			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts.
    
    
    	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
    			Use expedited update-side primitives.
    
    	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
    			Use normal (non-expedited) update-side primitives.
    			If both gp_exp and gp_normal are set, do both.
    			If neither gp_exp nor gp_normal are set, still
    			do both.
    
    	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
    
    			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
    
    
    	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
    
    			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
    			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
    			test, hence the "fake".
    
    
    			Set number of RCU readers.
    
    
    	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
    			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
    
    	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
    
    			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
    
    
    	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
    
    			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
    			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
    
    
    	rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
    
    			Start rcutorture running at boot time.
    
    	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
    
    			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
    			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
    			during the rcutorture test.
    
    
    	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
    
    			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
    			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
    
    
    	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
    
    			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
    			warnings, zero to disable.
    
    
    	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
    
    			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
    
    
    	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
    
    			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
    
    
    			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
    			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
    			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
    			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
    
    
    	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
    
    			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
    			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
    			under test support RCU priority boosting.
    
    
    	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
    
    			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
    
    
    	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
    
    			Interval (s) between each boost test.
    
    
    	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
    
    			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
    			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
    
    
    	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
    
    			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
    
    
    			Enable additional printk() statements.
    
    
    	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
    			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
    			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
    			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
    			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
    			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
    
    	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
    			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
    
    	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
    			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
    
    
    	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
    			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
    			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
    			to zero.
    
    
    	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
    			Run the RCU early boot self tests
    
    	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh= [KNL]
    			Run the RCU bh early boot self tests
    
    	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched= [KNL]
    			Run the RCU sched early boot self tests
    
    
    	rdinit=		[KNL]
    			Format: <full_path>
    			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
    			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
    
    
    	reboot=		[KNL]
    			Format (x86 or x86_64):
    				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
    				[[,]s[mp]#### \
    				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
    				[[,]f[orce]
    			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
    			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
    			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
    			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
    					to be used for rebooting.
    
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    	relax_domain_level=
    			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
    
    	relative_sleep_states=
    			[SUSPEND] Use sleep state labeling where the deepest
    			state available other than hibernation is always "mem".
    			Format: { "0" | "1" }
    			0 -- Traditional sleep state labels.
    			1 -- Relative sleep state labels.
    
    
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    	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
    
    
    	reservetop=	[X86-32]
    
    			Format: nn[KMG]
    			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
    			address space.
    
    
    	reservelow=	[X86]
    			Format: nn[K]
    			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
    			the bottom of the address space.
    
    
    	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
    			during initialization.
    
    
    	resume=		[SWSUSP]
    			Specify the partition device for software suspend
    
    			Format:
    			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
    
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    	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
    			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
    			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
    			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
    			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
    
    
    	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
    			read the resume files
    
    
    	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
    			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
    			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
    
    
    	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
    		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
    				present during boot.
    		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
    
    		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
    
    	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
    
    
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    	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
    			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
    
    	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
    
    	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
    
    			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
    
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    	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
    			mount the root filesystem
    
    	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
    
    	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
    
    
    	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
    			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
    			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
    
    
    	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
    			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
    			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
    			managed by CMA.
    
    
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    	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
    
    	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
    
    
    	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
    			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
    		strict
    			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
    			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
    			which is faster.
    
    
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    	sa1100ir	[NET]
    			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
    
    	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
    
    	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
    			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
    			as if no module has been chosen.
    
    	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
    
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    			Format: { "0" | "1" }
    			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
    			0 -- disable.
    			1 -- enable.
    			Default value is set via kernel config option.
    			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
    			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
    
    
    	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
    			Format: { "0" | "1" }
    			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
    			0 -- disable.
    			1 -- enable.
    			Default value is set via kernel config option.
    
    
    	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
    
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    	shapers=	[NET]
    			Maximal number of shapers.
    
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    	show_msr=	[x86] show boot-time MSR settings
    			Format: { <integer> }
    			Show boot-time (BIOS-initialized) MSR settings.
    			The parameter means the number of CPUs to show,
    			for example 1 means boot CPU only.
    
    
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    	simeth=		[IA-64]
    	simscsi=
    
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    	slram=		[HW,MTD]
    
    
    	slab_nomerge	[MM]
    			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
    			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
    			allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
    			merging on their own.
    			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    
    	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
    			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
    			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
    			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
    			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
    
    
    	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
    			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
    			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
    			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
    			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
    			last alloc / free. For more information see
    			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    
    	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
    
    			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
    			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
    			fragmentation. For more information see
    			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    
    	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
    
    			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
    			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
    			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
    			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
    			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
    			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
    
    			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
    
    			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
    
    			lower than slub_max_order.
    
    			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
    
    			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
    			See slab_nomerge for more information.
    
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    	smart2=		[HW]
    			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
    
    
    	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
    				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
    				1: Fast pin select (default)
    				2: ATC IRMode
    
    
    	softlockup_panic=
    			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
    
    			Format: <integer>
    
    	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
    			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
    			backtraces on all cpus.
    			Format: <integer>
    
    
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    	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
    
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    			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
    
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    	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
    	spia_fio_base=
    	spia_pedr=
    	spia_peddr=
    
    
    	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
    			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
    
    
    	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
    			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
    			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
    			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
    			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
    			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
    			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
    
    
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    	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
    			Format: <num>
    			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
    			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
    			as the initial boot-console.
    			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
    
    	sti_font=	[HW]
    			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
    
    	stifb=		[HW]
    			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
    
    
    	sunrpc.min_resvport=
    	sunrpc.max_resvport=
    			[NFS,SUNRPC]
    			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
    			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
    			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
    			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
    			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
    			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
    			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
    			maximum port values.
    
    
    	sunrpc.pool_mode=
    			[NFS]
    			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
    			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
    			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
    			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
    			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
    			NFS server is running.
    
    			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
    				    automatically using heuristics
    			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
    			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
    			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
    				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
    
    
    	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
    	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
    			[NFS,SUNRPC]
    			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
    			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
    			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
    			improve throughput, but will also increase the
    			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
    
    
    	swapaccount=[0|1]
    
    			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
    			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
    			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
    
    
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    	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
    			Format: { <int> | force }
    			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
    			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
    			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
    
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    	switches=	[HW,M68k]
    
    
    	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
    			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
    			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
    			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
    			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
    			in older udev will not work anymore.
    			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
    			the kernel configuration.
    
    
    	sysrq_always_enabled
    			[KNL]
    			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
    			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
    			Useful for debugging.
    
    
    	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
    			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
    			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
    			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
    			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
    			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
    
    
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    	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
    
    
    	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
    
    			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
    
    			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
    			as the system sleep state during system startup with
    			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
    			The system is woken from this state using a
    			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
    
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    	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
    			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
    
    
    	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
    			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
    			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
    
    
    	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
    			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
    
    			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
    
    	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
    			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
    			critical and hot trip points.
    
    
    	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
    			1: disable ACPI thermal control
    
    
    	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
    			-1: disable all passive trip points
    
    			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
    			value
    
    	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
    			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
    			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
    			0: no polling (default)
    
    
    	threadirqs	[KNL]
    			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
    
    			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
    
    	tmem		[KNL,XEN]
    			Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
    
    	tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
    			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
    			API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
    
    	tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
    			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
    
    			API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
    			the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
    
    
    	tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
    			Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
    			to the hypervisor.
    
    	tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
    			Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
    			transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
    			kernel based on different criteria.
    
    
    	topology=	[S390]
    			Format: {off | on}
    			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
    
    			topology information if the hardware supports this.
    			The scheduler will make use of this information and
    
    			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
    
    			Default is on.
    
    	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
    			Format: {off}
    			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
    			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
    			LPAR.
    
    
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    	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
    
    
    	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
    			Format: integer pcr id
    			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
    			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
    			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
    			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
    			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
    			are saved.
    
    
    	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
    
    			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
    
    	trace_event=[event-list]
    			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
    			to facilitate early boot debugging.
    			See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
    
    
    	trace_options=[option-list]
    			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
    			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
    			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
    			to echo the option name into
    
    			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
    
    			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
    			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
    
    			      trace_options=stacktrace
    
    			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
    			section.
    
    
    	tp_printk[FTRACE]
    			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
    			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
    			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
    			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
    			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
    
    			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
    			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
    			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
    			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
    
    			** CAUTION **
    
    			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
    			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
    			the system to live lock.
    
    
    	traceoff_on_warning
    			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
    			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
    			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
    			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
    
    			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
    			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
    			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
    
    			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
    			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
    
    
    	transparent_hugepage=
    			[KNL]
    			Format: [always|madvise|never]
    			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
    			with respect to transparent hugepages.
    			See Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt for more details.
    
    
    	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
    
    			Format: <string>
    			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
    
    			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
    			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
    			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
    			virtualized environment.
    
    			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
    			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
    			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
    			can add overhead.
    
    	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
    			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
    			Format:
    			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
    
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    			See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
    
    
    	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
    			happen after console_init() and before a proper 
    			console driver takes over, this boot options might
    			help "seeing" what's going on.
    
    
    	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
    			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
    
    
    	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
    			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
    			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
    			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
    			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
    			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
    			reported either.
    
    
    	unknown_nmi_panic
    
    			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
    
    	usbcore.authorized_default=
    			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
    			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
    			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
    
    
    	usbcore.autosuspend=
    			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
    			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
    			is the time required before an idle device will be
    			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
    
    			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
    
    	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
    			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
    
    	usbcore.blinkenlights=
    			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
    
    	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
    			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
    			scheme (default 0 = off).
    
    
    	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
    			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
    			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
    
    
    	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
    			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
    			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
    
    	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
    			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
                            USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
    			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
    
    
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    	usbhid.mousepoll=
    			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
    
    	usb-storage.delay_use=
    			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
    
    			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
    
    
    	usb-storage.quirks=
    			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
    			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
    			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
    			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
    			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
    			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
    			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
    
    				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
    					of sense data);
    
    				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
    					bytes of sense data);
    
    				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
    					device capacity by one sector);
    
    				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
    					READ_DISC_INFO command);
    				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
    					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
    
    				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
    					command, uas only);
    
    				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
    					reported device capacity by one
    					sector if the number is odd);
    
    				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
    					device);
    				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
    					unlock ejectable media);
    				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
    					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
    
    				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
    					initial READ(10) command);
    
    				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
    					reported by the device);
    
    				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
    					by default);
    
    				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
    					bogus residue values);
    				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
    					Logical Unit);
    
    				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
    					commands, uas only);
    
    				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
    
    				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
    					medium is write-protected).
    			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
    
    
    	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
    			Format: <int>
    			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
    				 1 - undefined instruction events
    				 2 - system calls
    				 4 - invalid data aborts
    				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
    				16 - SIGBUS faults
    			Example: user_debug=31
    
    
    	userpte=
    			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
    
    				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
    					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
    					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
    
    
    			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
    
    			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
    
    	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
    			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
    			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
    
    			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
    			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
    			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
    
    			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
    			alias for vdso32=0.
    
    			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
    			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
    
    	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
    			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
    
    
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    	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
    			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
    
    
    	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
    			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
    			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
    			level and then send out the event to user space through
    			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
    			will only send out the event without touching backlight
    			brightness level.
    
    	virtio_mmio.device=
    			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
    
    				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
    			where:
    				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
    						like K, M and G)
    				<baseaddr> := physical base address
    				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
    						request_irq())
    				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
    			example:
    				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
    
    			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
    
    
    	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
    
    			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
    
    			Documentation/svga.txt.
    
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    			Use vga=ask for menu.
    			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
    			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
    
    
    	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
    
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    			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
    			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
    			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
    			mapped kernel RAM.
    
    
    	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
    			Format: <command>
    
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    	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
    			Format: <command>
    
    	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
    			Format: <command>
    
    	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
    			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
    			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
    			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
    			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
    			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
    			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
    
    
    			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
    			            emulated reasonably safely.
    
    			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
    
    			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
    			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
    			            better than they would in emulation mode.
    			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
    
    			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
    			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
    			            might break your system.
    
    
    	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
    			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
    			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
    
    
    	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
    			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
    			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
    			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
    
    
    	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
    			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
    			Change the default blue palette of the console.
    			This is a 16-member array composed of values
    			ranging from 0-255.
    
    	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
    			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
    			Change the default green palette of the console.
    			This is a 16-member array composed of values
    			ranging from 0-255.
    
    	vt.default_red=	[VT]
    			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
    			Change the default red palette of the console.
    			This is a 16-member array composed of values
    			ranging from 0-255.
    
    	vt.default_utf8=
    			[VT]
    			Format=<0|1>
    			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
    			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
    			newly opened terminals.
    
    
    	vt.global_cursor_default=
    			[VT]
    			Format=<-1|0|1>
    			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
    			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
    			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
    			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
    			cursors, 1 will display them.
    
    
    	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
    			Default: 2 = green.
    
    	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
    			Default: 3 = cyan.
    
    
    	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
    			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
    			or other driver-specific files in the
    			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
    
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    	workqueue.disable_numa
    			By default, all work items queued to unbound
    			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
    			issued on, which results in better behavior in
    			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
    			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
    			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
    			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
    
    
    	workqueue.power_efficient
    			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
    			they show better performance thanks to cache
    			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
    			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
    
    			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
    			were observed to contribute significantly to power
    			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
    			power usage at the cost of small performance
    			overhead.
    
    			The default value of this parameter is determined by
    			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
    
    
    	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
    			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
    			supporting x2apic.
    
    
    	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
    			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
    
    			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
    			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
    
    			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
    
    	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
    			Unplug Xen emulated devices
    			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
    			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
    			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
    			nics -- unplug network devices
    			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
    
    			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
    				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
    				the unplug protocol
    
    			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
    
    	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
    			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
    			optimizations.
    
    
    	xen_nopv	[X86]
    			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
    			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
    
    
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    	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
    
    			Format:
    			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
    
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    TODO:
    
    	Add more DRM drivers.